staryj

Staryj is a transliteration render­ing of the Cyrillic adjective старый, meaning "old" in Russian and in related Slavic languages. It denotes the masculine singular form, with gender and number variations used in actual language: старый (m., singular), старая (f., singular), старое (n., singular), старые (plural). The word appears in everyday phrases such as старый дом, meaning "old house."

In transliteration schemes that map Cyrillic й to the Latin letter j, старый becomes staryj. This renders the final й as a consonant sound similar to English “y,” and is common in some linguistic references and older dictionaries. Different transliteration systems may render the same word as staryy or other variants, depending on their rules for the letters й and ы and on whether they prefer phonetic or orthographic representations.

Staryj is not an English word; it is primarily encountered in linguistic texts, Russian-language learning materials, and in transliterated proper names or phrases drawn from Cyrillic sources. When writing in English, speakers typically use the original Cyrillic старый or a fully anglicized form like “old.” The usage of staryj reflects the broader practice of representing Slavic words in Latin script for academic or cross-linguistic contexts.