Кентукі

Ukrainian edit

Alternative forms edit

Кенту́ккі (Kentúkki) (obsolete)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [kenˈtukʲi]

Proper noun edit

Кенту́кі • (Kentúki) m inan (indeclinable)

Kentucky (a state of the United States)
Kentucky (a river in the United States)

Usage notes edit

In Ukrainian, non-Slavic proper nouns and most loanwords ending in -о or -і are indeclinable and take on the gender of their superordinate. Thus, Кентукі is masculine, because the word штат (štat, “state”) is also masculine.

Derived terms edit

кенту́ківець (kentúkivecʹ)
кентукі́йка (kentukíjka)