украина
Old East Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From оу (u, “beside, at”) + краи (krai, “land, edge”) + -ина (-ina). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.
Pronunciation edit
- (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrɑjinɑ/
- (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrajina/
- (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrajina/
Noun edit
украина (ukraina) f
Descendants edit
- Old Ruthenian: укра́ина (ukráina), вкра́ина (vkráina)
- ⇒ Russian: Украи́на (Ukraína)
- Polish: Ukraina
Further reading edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Old Ruthenian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic оукра́ина (ukráina), from оу- (u-) + краи (krai) + -ина (-ina). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.
Noun edit
украина • (ukraina) f inan
Derived terms edit
- Укра́ина (Ukráina)
Descendants edit
- Belarusian: ускра́іна (uskráina); укра́іна (ukráina) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: украї́на (ukrajína), укра́їна (ukrájina) (obsolete)
Further reading edit
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вкраина; украина”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, issue 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 262
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*оукраина”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 474
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “вкраина¹; украина¹”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 82
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2014), “украина, вкраина, украйна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 34 (тресолнечный – умопомятенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 355
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2003), “украина”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 424