Київ
Carpathian Rusyn
editProper noun
editКи́їв • (Kýjiv) m
- Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)
Ukrainian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Ruthenian Кїєвъ (Kijev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), of uncertain origin.
The traditional etymology is from the name of a legendary founder, Kyi. However, historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky warned that this was an “etymological myth”.
A proposal by linguist Jaroslav Rudnyckyj, accepted by several linguists and supported by multiple lines of evidence, holds that Київ (Kyjiv) comes rather from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”) (compare to Ukrainian кий (kyj)), in that case meaning a settlement palisaded by poles. See also Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editКи́їв • (Kýjiv) m inan (genitive Ки́єва, uncountable, relational adjective ки́ївський)
- Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)
- у Ки́єві, у Ки́єву ― u Kýjevi, u Kýjevu ― in Kyiv
- у Ки́їв, до Ки́єва ― u Kýjiv, do Kýjeva ― to Kyiv
- з Ки́єва ― z Kýjeva ― from Kyiv
Declension
editDeclension of Ки́їв (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a і-е)
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- Ки́євець (Kýjevecʹ)
- Ки́єво- (Kýjevo-)
- київля́нин (kyjivljányn), київля́нка (kyjivljánka)
- ки́ївський (kýjivsʹkyj)
- Ки́ївська о́бласть (Kýjivsʹka óblastʹ)
- Ки́ївська Русь (Kýjivsʹka Rusʹ)
- Ки́ївщина (Kýjivščyna)
- кия́нин (kyjányn), кия́нка (kyjánka)
- кия́нський (kyjánsʹkyj)
Descendants
editDescendants
- → Afrikaans: Kijif
- → Asturian: Kíiv
- → Breton: Kyiv
- → Catalan: Kíiv
- → Danish: Kyiv
- → Galician: Kíiv
- → German: Kyjiw
- → English: Kyiv, Kiev; Kyïv, Kyjiv, Kyyiv; Kiou, Kiov, Kiow, Kiew, Kiof, Kioff, Kief, Kieff, Kiovia, Kiowia
- → Extremaduran: Kyiv
- → French: Kyïv
- → Icelandic: Kýiv
- → Irish: Cív
- → Japanese: キーウ
- → Korean: 키이우 (kiiu)
- → Luxembourgish: Kyjiw
- → Manx: Kyiv
- → North Frisian: Kyjiw
- → Norwegian: Kyiv
- → Occitan: Kyiv
- → Piedmontese: Kijv
- → Scots: Kyiv
- → Scottish Gaelic: Coighìbh
- → Slovak: Kyjev
- → Walloon: Kiyif
- → Welsh: Kyiv
Further reading
edit- Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “Ки́їв”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 660
- Luchyk, V. V. (2014) “Київ”, in Етимологічний словник топонімів України [Etymological Dictionary of Toponyms of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Academy, →ISBN, page 259
- Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Кыєвъ”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 77
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “кий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 430
- “Київ”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “Ки́їв”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “Ки́їв”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “Київ”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
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