Re: Russkii vs Rossiiskii
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 30, 2002, 12:27 |
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At 20:33 2002-09-29 +0400, Pavel Iosad wrote:
>Hi,
>
> > I recently read that in Tsaristic times, _Russkii_ refered to Russian
> > ethnicity, whereas _Rossiiskii_ refered to the Russian state.
> > Does this mean
> > that the usage's changed? Not that I know Russian, but it
> > seems to agree
> > with what can be glean from names of Russian institutions etc.
>
>That's this way now as well. _Russkiy_ is either the ethnicity or the
>language. _Rossiyskiy_ is "of Russia". Thus _russkij jazyk_ "Russian
>language" but _rossijskoje pravitel'stvo_ "Russian government".
>Similarly, a _russkij_ is one of Russian ethnicity, while a _rossijanin_
>is a citizen of Russia. (Though I hear several people have been
>registered as _rossijane_ by ethnicity in the ongoing census)
Well, Andreas, it seems we need to coin the Swedish words _ryssländsk_ and
_ryssländare_. Not sure how it could in English, though. Maybe keep
_Russian_ for _rossijskij_ and coin _Russ(ic)_ for _russkij_?
/BP 8^)>
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