Буковина
See also: буковина
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Old Polish Bukowina or perhaps from Romanian Bucovina from Old Polish Bukowina, from bukowina (“beech forest”), probably independently formed[1] from buk (“beech”) + -ow- + -ina (a now-obsolete suffix appended to trees to form nouns meaning "forest of...").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʊkɐˈvʲinə]
Proper noun
Букови́на • (Bukovína) f inan (genitive Букови́ны)
Declension
Derived terms
- букови́нец (bukovínec), букови́нка (bukovínka)
- букови́нский (bukovínskij)
Descendants
- → Armenian: Բուկովինա (Bukovina)
References
- For the wide variation of the meanings given for hypothetical descendants of *bukovina vide Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukovina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 89
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Old Polish Bukowina or perhaps from Romanian Bucovina from Old Polish Bukowina, from bukowina (“beech forest”), probably independently formed[1] from buk (“beech”) + -ow- + -ina (a now-obsolete suffix appended to trees to form nouns meaning "forest of...").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʊkɔˈʋɪnɐ]
Proper noun
Букови́на • (Bukovýna) f inan (genitive Букови́ни, uncountable)
Declension
Declension of Букови́на (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Букови́на Bukovýna |
| genitive | Букови́ни Bukovýny |
| dative | Букови́ні Bukovýni |
| accusative | Букови́ну Bukovýnu |
| instrumental | Букови́ною Bukovýnoju |
| locative | Букови́ні Bukovýni |
| vocative | Букови́но Bukovýno |
Derived terms
- букови́нець (bukovýnecʹ), букови́нка (bukovýnka)
- букови́нський (bukovýnsʹkyj)
References
- For the wide variation of the meanings given for hypothetical descendants of *bukovina vide Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukovina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 89
Further reading
- “Буковина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “Буковина”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
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