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москаль

Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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москаль • (moskalʹ) m pers

  1. a Muscovite
  2. (collective) Muscovites
    Synonyms: москва́ (moskvá), москвити́нъ (moskvitín)

Descendants

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  • Belarusian: маска́ль (maskálʹ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: моска́ль (moskálʹ)
  • Ukrainian: моска́ль (moskálʹ)

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  • The template Template:R:zle-obe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): 
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Etymology

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Perhaps derived from Old Ruthenian москаль (moskalʹ), from Московия (Moskovija), referring to the Grand Duchy of Moscow from the 12th century. Its recent negative association originated from referring to soldiers from the Imperial Russian Army, and later applied to the Soviet Army and Russians in general.

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Noun

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моска́ль • (moskálʹ) m anim (genitive москаля́, nominative plural москали́, genitive plural москале́й, relational adjective моска́льский)

  1. (Ukraine, Southern Russia, Belarus, ethnic slur) a Muscovite, someone from Moscow or the surrounding region
  2. (by extension, Ukraine, Belarus, ethnic slur) any Russian person, Russki
    Synonym: каца́п (kacáp)

Declension

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Declension of моска́ль (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative моска́ль
moskálʹ 		москали́
moskalí
genitive москаля́
moskaljá 		москале́й
moskaléj
dative москалю́
moskaljú 		москаля́м
moskaljám
accusative москаля́
moskaljá 		москале́й
moskaléj
instrumental москалём
moskaljóm 		москаля́ми
moskaljámi
prepositional москале́
moskalé 		москаля́х
moskaljáx

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From contraction of Ottoman Turkish مسقولو (moskovlu, “Russian”, literally “Muscovite”).[1] Its recent negative association originated from referring to soldiers from the Imperial Russian Army, and later applied to the Soviet Army and Russians in general.

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  • IPA(key): [mɔˈskalʲ]
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Noun

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моска́ль • (moskálʹ) m pers (genitive москаля́, nominative plural москалі́, genitive plural москалі́в, feminine моска́лька, relational adjective моска́льський)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) a Russian person, Russki
    Чи ти ві́риш, що москалі́ з'ї́ли все на́ше са́ло?
    Čy ty víryš, ščo moskalí zʺjíly vse náše sálo?
    Do you (really) believe that Russkies have eaten all our salo (lard)?
  2. (derogatory, ethnic slur) a Muscovite
    Synonym: москви́ч m (moskvýč)
  3. (archaic) a Russian person; an inhabitant of the Russian Empire; a Great Russian
  4. (archaic) soldier

Declension

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Declension of моска́ль (pers soft masc-form accent-b)
singular plural
nominative моска́ль
moskálʹ 		москалі́
moskalí
genitive москаля́
moskaljá 		москалі́в
moskalív
dative москале́ві, москалю́
moskalévi, moskaljú 		москаля́м
moskaljám
accusative москаля́
moskaljá 		москалі́в
moskalív
instrumental москале́м
moskalém 		москаля́ми
moskaljámy
locative москале́ві, москалю́, москалі́
moskalévi, moskaljú, moskalí 		москаля́х
moskaljáx
vocative моска́лю
moskálju 		москалі́
moskalí

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  1. ^ Kazem-Beg, Mirza Mohammad-Ali (1851) Derbend-Nâmeh, or The History of Derbend, published with notes by Mirza A. Kazem-Beg‎[1], Russian Academy of Sciences, page 16:
    روسيه و مسقو: We sometimes meet with the words Russiyeh and Mosgkou together, in some of the Eastern authors; by the former we should understand rather Slavonia, and by the latter the Russia of later centuries. The word Mosgkou, the name of the great capital of the country, has for many ages been used as a proper name for all Russia by the Ottomans, the same as Moscovy by some European writers. The word Mosgkowly, i.e. Moscovian, denotes among the Ottomans the Russians in general; and its contraction, namely Moscal was, with many other Turkish words, introduced among the Malo-Russian, or the inhabitants of little Russia, as a proper name for their Northern brethren.
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