Куев
See also: куёв
Russian
editAlternative forms
edit- Ку́ив (Kúiv)
Etymology
editPossibly from English Kyiv, the transliteration of Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv), as the Latin letter wye (y) looks like the Cyrillic letter u (у).
Alternatively from similarity with the vulgar word ху́ев (xújev), if not influenced by both.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editКу́ев • (Kújev) m inan (genitive Ку́ева, relational adjective ку́евский)
- (derogatory, politics) Kyiv (capital city of Ukraine)
- Synonym: (standard) Ки́ев (Kíjev)
- (derogatory, politics, metonymically) the Ukrainian government.
Declension
editDeclension of Ку́ев (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
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- Russian proper nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
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- Russian hard-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- ru:Kyiv
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