район

RussianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

раіо́нъ (raión) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

EtymologyEdit

First attested in 1865. Borrowed from French rayon, from rai + -on, from Latin radius.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is this from French "rayon" etymology 1 (< Latin radius) or etymology 2 (< Frankish for honeycomb)? Our English article raion disagrees.”

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [rɐˈjɵn]
Audio (file)

NounEdit

райо́н • (rajón) m inan (genitive райо́на, nominative plural райо́ны, genitive plural райо́нов, relational adjective райо́нный)

district
region, area

DeclensionEdit

Declension of райо́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	райо́н rajón	райо́ны rajóny
genitive	райо́на rajóna	райо́нов rajónov
dative	райо́ну rajónu	райо́нам rajónam
accusative	райо́н rajón	райо́ны rajóny
instrumental	райо́ном rajónom	райо́нами rajónami
prepositional	райо́не rajóne	райо́нах rajónax

Derived termsEdit

райони́ровать (rajonírovatʹ)
микрорайо́н (mikrorajón)

DescendantsEdit

→ English: raion
→ Ingrian: raijona
→ Romanian: raion
→ Yakut: оройуон (oroyuon)

ReferencesEdit

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “район”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “район”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 96

UkrainianEdit