Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A subdivision of the Slavic languages that includes Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian.
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- adjective Of or relating to the
East Slavs , their culture or language(s). - proper noun A subgrouping of the
Slavic language family spoken mainly inBelarus ,Russia andUkraine . - proper noun historical, rare The
Old East Slavic language.
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Examples
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More accurately, each of the East Slavic languages that derived from Early Rusian experienced its own linguistic development by means of internal evolution and external influence, the latter from East Slavic and non-East Slavic sources.
'Not So Free at Last' Flier, Michael S. 1993
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By the twelfth century at the latest there is incontrovertible written evidence of early Ukrainian dialectical features in the southern part of East Slavic territory.
'Not So Free at Last' Flier, Michael S. 1993
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The Vikings Scandinavian (Varangians or Rus) forget the Norsemen roots and created their own Indo European Slavic tribes, East Slavic languages, culture and roots, the first king was
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The Vikings Scandinavian (Varangians or Rus) forget the Norsemen roots and created their own Indo European Slavic tribes, East Slavic languages, culture and roots, the first king was
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