Украина

Bashkir

Украинаның Ер шарында торошо.
Ukraine's position on the globe.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Украи́на (Ukraína, Ukraine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uk.raˈi.na]
  • Hyphenation: Ук‧ра‧и‧на

Proper noun

Украина • (Ukraina)

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north coast of the Black Sea)
    Украинаға хакер һөжүмдәре.
    Ukrainağa xaker höjümdəre.
    Hacker attacks on Ukraine.

Declension

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ۋكراينا
Cyrillic Украина
Latin Ukraina

Proper noun

Украина • (Ukraina)

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north coast of the Black Sea)

Komi-Zyrian

Proper noun

Украина • (Ukraina)

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north coast of the Black Sea)

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Украи́на (Ukraína).

Proper noun

Украина • (Ukraina) (Arabic spelling ۇقراىنا)

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north coast of the Black Sea)

Declension

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uˈkraina]

Proper noun

Украина • (Ukraina) f (relational adjective украински)

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north coast of the Black Sea)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

  • Вкраи́на (Vkraína)

Etymology

From укра́ина (ukráina, borderland; country), from Old East Slavic оукра́ина (ukráina, borderland).

Proper noun

Украи́на • (Ukraína) f inan

  1. Ukraine (a historical region in Eastern Europe Old Ruthenian speakers)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: Украі́на (Ukraína); Ўкраі́на (Ŭkraína) (after vowels)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Украї́на (Ukrajína)
  • Ukrainian: Украї́на (Ukrajína); Вкраї́на (Vkrajína) (rare, poetic, after vowels)

Further reading

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina, in a land), from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina. By surface analysis, у- (u-) + край (kraj) + -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

  • Украи́на: IPA(key): [ʊkrɐˈinə]
  • (file)
  • Note: borrowed stress from the Ukrainian Украї́на.
  • (nonstandard) Укра́ина: IPA(key): [ʊˈkraɪnə]
  • Note: although considered non-standard and/or politically incorrect by some, Укра́ина is still a common pronunciation and was so historically, even in Ukrainian (as in the poetry of Taras Shevchenko).

Proper noun

Украи́на or Укра́ина • (Ukraína or Ukráina) f inan (genitive Украи́ны or Укра́ины, relational adjective украи́нский)

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north coast of the Black Sea)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Украина
    в Украи́неv Ukraínein Ukraine (preferred in Ukraine, now also used by many Russians [borrowing from Ukrainian])
    на Украи́неna Ukraínein Ukraine (preferred in Russia)

Usage notes

  • In Russia, Украина is mostly used with the preposition на (na), as in
Я живу́ на Украи́не.I live in Ukraine.
In Ukraine, Украина is nowadays mostly used with the preposition в, as in
Я живу́ в Украи́не.I live in Ukraine.
The argument for the usage by Ukrainians is that “на Украине” allegedly implies that Ukraine is still a part of Russia (or the USSR), which Ukraine left in 1991. With certain exceptions, “в” is used for countries or polities, while “на” is used for broader geographical regions. Thus “на Украине” suggests the historical derivation “на окраине” — “at the borderlands [of Russia]” — which roughly corresponds to the now-deprecated English construction “the Ukraine”, the definite article “the” being used as when referring to a geographical region without sovereign status, e.g. “the West Coast” or “the Midlands”.

Declension

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:Украина

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

Tatar

Proper noun

Украина • (Uqraina)

  1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north coast of the Black Sea)

Declension

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