рускиня

Bulgarian

Etymology

From a superficial ру́сец (rúsec) (non-standard) +‎ -иня (-inja) (standard Bulgarian русна́к (rusnák)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈskinʲɐ]
• Rhymes: -inʲɐ
• Syllabification^(key): ру‧ски‧ня
• Hyphenation^(key): рус‧ки‧ня

Noun

руски́ня • (ruskínja) f (masculine русна́к)

1. female equivalent of русна́к (rusnák): female Russian (person)

Declension

Declension of руски́ня

	singular	plural
indefinite	руски́ня ruskínja	руски́ни ruskíni
definite	руски́нята ruskínjata	руски́ните ruskínite
vocative form	руски́ньо ruskínjo	руски́ни ruskíni

Related terms

• Ру́сия (Rúsija)
• ру́ски (rúski)

References

• “рускиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “рускиня”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010