Кентукі

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• Кенту́ккі (Kentúkki) (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kenˈtukʲi]

Proper noun

Кенту́кі • (Kentúki) m inan (indeclinable)

1. Kentucky (a state of the United States)
2. Kentucky (a river in the United States)

Usage notes

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

• кенту́ківець (kentúkivecʹ)
• кентукі́йка (kentukíjka)