Галина
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Greek Γαλήνη (Galíni) (a given name), from the Ancient Greek adjective γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Гали́на • (Galína) f anim (genitive Гали́ны, nominative plural Гали́ны, genitive plural Гали́н)
- a female given name, Galina, from Ancient Greek
- golf (G in the ICAO spelling alphabet)
Declension edit
Declension of Гали́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Derived terms edit
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Greek Γαλήνη (Galíni) (a given name), from the Ancient Greek adjective γαλήνη (galḗnē, “calm”).[1]
Cognates include Russian Галина (Galina), Belarusian Галіна (Halina), Bulgarian Галина (Galina), Polish Halina, Czech Galina, Slovak Galina.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Гали́на • (Halýna) f pers (genitive Гали́ни, nominative plural Гали́ни, genitive plural Гали́н)
- a female given name, Galyna, equivalent to English Galina
Declension edit
Declension of Гали́на (pers hard fem-form accent-a)
References edit
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Галина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka