See also: дзиґар

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Ruthenian Дзикгаръ (Dzigar). This spelling is officially stipulated in preference to Дзига́р (Dzyhár).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Дзиґа́р (Dzygárm pers (genitive Дзиґаря́, nominative plural Дзиґарі́, genitive plural Дзиґарі́в)
Дзиґа́р (Dzygárf pers (indeclinable)

  1. a Ukrainian surname, equivalent to English Clock

Declension edit

The feminine form is indeclinable

Statistics edit

  • According to ridni.org's 2013 study, Дзигар is the 24953rd most common surname in Ukraine, belonging to 192 individuals. Дзигар is most common in Middle Dnieper Ukraine.

References edit

  1. ^ Українська національна комісія з питань правопису (2019 May 22) “Український правопис 2019”, in mon.gov.ua[1], Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, archived from the original on 3 June 2019

Further reading edit

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2004), “Дзикга(р)”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 11 (затраченє – злечитисѧ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 215