Греччина
Appearance
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From грецький (hrecʹkyj, “Greek”) + -ина (-yna) with "-цьк" changing to "-чч" due to alternation, from Proto-Slavic *grьkъ (“Greek”).
Compare with Ukrainian Словаччина (Slovaččyna, “Slovakia”) from словацький (slovacʹkyj, “Slovak”) + -ина (-yna), or Ukrainian Німеччина (Nimeččyna, “Germany”) from німецький (nimecʹkyj, “German”) + -ина (-yna). The same word-building model is used in Belarusian Ангельшчына (Anhjelʹščyna, “England”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Гре́ччина • (Hréččyna) f inan (genitive Гре́ччини, uncountable)
- Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: Гре́ція (Hrécija)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Гре́ччина (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
References
[edit]- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Греччина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Греция in Російсько-український словник (у 4 томах) (1924—1933) (А. Кримський, С. Єфремов) [Russian-Ukrainian Dictionary (in 4 volumes) (1924—1933)] (in Russian with Ukrainian translations)
- Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1972) “грек”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 1 (А – Ґ), Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences, →LCCN, page 725
- Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “грекъ”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 604
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