Болгарщина
Appearance
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From болгар (bolhar, “Bulgarian”) + -щина (-ščyna). Compare with Ukrainian Словаччина (Slovaččyna, “Slovakia”), Ukrainian Німеччина (Nimeččyna, “Germany”), or Ukrainian Греччина (Hreččyna, “Greece”).
An unattested form *Бовгарщина is also possible, as the form бовгар[1] exists, which is a cognate to болгар, where "л" (l) after "о" (o) got changed to "в" (v), which is a common occurrence in Ukrainian phonology.
Noun
[edit]Болга́рщина • (Bolhárščyna) f inan (genitive Болга́рщини, uncountable)
- Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: Болга́рія (Bolhárija)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Болга́рщина (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
singular | |
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nominative | Болга́рщина Bolhárščyna |
genitive | Болга́рщини Bolhárščyny |
dative | Болга́рщині Bolhárščyni |
accusative | Болга́рщину Bolhárščynu |
instrumental | Болга́рщиною Bolhárščynoju |
locative | Болга́рщині Bolhárščyni |
vocative | Болга́рщино Bolhárščyno |
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Болгарщина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Болгарщина in Словарь української мови (Борис Грінченко) (1907) [Dictionary of Ukrainian language (Borys Hrinchenko) (1907)] (in Ukrainian with Russian descriptions)
Categories:
- Ukrainian terms suffixed with -щина
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian nouns
- Ukrainian uncountable nouns
- Ukrainian feminine nouns
- Ukrainian inanimate nouns
- uk:Bulgaria
- uk:Countries in Europe
- uk:Countries
- Ukrainian hard feminine-form nouns
- Ukrainian hard feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a