elektrichnyi

Elektrichnyi is a transliteration of the Cyrillic adjective электри́чный, meaning "electric" or "electric-related." It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and other languages that employ Cyrillic script to describe things connected with electricity, including devices, phenomena and concepts such as electrical energy, electrical circuits, and electric transportation.

In practice, elektrichnyi appears in compound terms and phrases, for example elektricheskyi ток (electric current), elektricheskaya energiya (electrical energy), elektricheskaya svet (electric light), or elektricheskiy pribor (electrical equipment). The noun for electricity itself is elektrichestvo in some languages, with related terms like elektromagnetism or elektr(one) devices appearing in technical vocabulary. In English-language contexts the closest equivalents are “electric” and “electrical.”

Etymology traces elektrichnyi to the ancient Greek word elektron (amber), through Latin electricus, with the term spreading into Slavic languages during the development of electrical science and technology. Cognate forms exist in many Slavic and neighboring languages, such as elektriczny or elektryczny in Polish and Czech, and электри́ческий in Russian, электри́чний in Ukrainian, reflecting a common root for electrical and electronic terminology.

Use and distinction: elektrichnyi as an adjective describes electricity-related properties or components, while elektronный (electronic) is used for electronic devices and technology involving circuits and information processing. The two concepts are related but describe different domains—electricity as a natural phenomenon and energy, versus electronics as a field of devices and systems.