Волощина
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Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From волоський (volosʹkyj, “Vlach, Wallachian”) + -ина (-yna) with "-ськ" changing to "-щ" (-шч) (< -сч < -сьч) due to alternation. Compare Polish Wołoszczyzna.
Compare with Ukrainian Словаччина (Slovaččyna, “Slovakia”) from словацький (slovacʹkyj, “Slovak”) + -ина (-yna), or Ukrainian Туреччина (Tureččyna, “Turkey”) from турецький (turecʹkyj, “Turkish”) + -ина (-yna). The same word-building model is used in Belarusian Ангельшчына (Anhjelʹščyna, “England”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Воло́щина • (Volóščyna) f inan (genitive Воло́щини, uncountable, relational adjective воло́щинський)
- Wallachia (a region of Romania and former principality in Eastern Europe)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Воло́щина (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Волощина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
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