Elektricheskij

Elektricheskij is the transliteration of the Russian adjective электри́ческий, meaning electric or electrical. It is used in Russian and other Slavic languages to describe objects, phenomena, and technologies related to electricity. In Russian, the form shows gender and number: masculine elektricheskij, feminine elektricheskaya, neuter elektricheskoye, plural elektricheskie. It combines with nouns to form phrases such as elektricheskij tok (electric current), elektricheskaya set (electrical grid), and elektricheskaya energiya (electric energy).

The word is part of a broader family of related terms across Slavic languages, for example Ukrainian elektrichnyy and Belarusian elektrychny. The root derives from the noun elektrichestvo (electricity) and ultimately from the Greek word elektron (amber), via Latin electricus, reflecting the historical development of the science of electricity.

In scientific and technical usage, elektricheskij describes devices, fields, and systems associated with electricity, such as elektricheskie pribory (electric instruments), elektricheskoye polye (electric field), and elektricheskaya energiya (electrical energy). It functions as a standard qualifier in physics, engineering, and everyday language to distinguish electrical from magnetic or mechanical properties. Variations in transliteration exist, with elektricheskiy and elektricheskij among common renderings, depending on the transcription scheme.