Киев

See also: киёв

Bashkir

Etymology

From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʲi.jɨ̞f]
• Hyphenation: Ки‧ев

Proper noun

Киев • (Kiyev)

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

   Йылъяҙма һөйләүенсә, 1124-се йылда Киев ике көн яна, 600 сиркәү юҡҡа сыға.

   Yılʺyaźma höyləwensə, 1124-se yılda Kiyev ike kön yana, 600 sirkəw yuqqa sığa.

   As a chronicle narrates, in the year of 1124 Kyiv was on fire for two days, 600 churches were destroyed.

Declension

Inflection of Киев (Kiyev)

	singular only
absolute	Киев (Kiyev)
definite genitive	Киевтың (Kiyevtıñ)
dative	Киевҡа (Kiyevqa)
definite accusative	Киевты (Kiyevtı)
locative	Киевта (Kiyevta)
ablative	Киевтан (Kiyevtan)

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiɛf]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Ки́ев • (Kíev) m

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	كيەۆ
Cyrillic	Киев
Latin	Kiev

Etymology

From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev).

Proper noun

Киев • (Kiev)

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈki(j)ɛf]

Proper noun

Киев • (Kiev) m (relational adjective киевски)

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

Derived terms

• киевјанец m (kievjanec), киевјанка f (kievjanka)

Russian

Alternative forms

• Кі́евъ (Kíjev) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʲi(j)ɪf]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Ки́ев • (Kíjev) m inan (genitive Ки́ева, relational adjective ки́евский)

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

   в Ки́еве ― v Kíjeve ― in Kyiv

   в Ки́ев ― v Kíjev ― to Kyiv

   из Ки́ева ― iz Kíjeva ― from Kyiv

2. (politics, metonymically) the Ukrainian government.

Declension

Declension of Ки́ев (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Ки́ев Kíjev
genitive	Ки́ева Kíjeva
dative	Ки́еву Kíjevu
accusative	Ки́ев Kíjev
instrumental	Ки́евом Kíjevom
prepositional	Ки́еве Kíjeve

Derived terms

• Ку́ев (Kújev)

Related terms

• киевля́нин (kijevljánin), киевля́нка (kijevljánka)
• ки́евский (kíjevskij)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Bashkir: Киев (Kiyev)
• → Buryat: Киев (Kijev)
• → Catalan: Kíev
• → Chechen: Киев (Kijev)
• → English: Kiev, Kief, Kiew
• → French: Kiev
• → German: Kiew
• → Greek: Κίεβο (Kíevo)
• → Kazakh: Киев (Kiev)
• → Komi-Permyak: Киев (Kijev)
• → Komi-Zyrian: Киев (Kijev)
• → Kyrgyz: Киев (Kiyev)
• → Eastern Mari: Киев (Kijev)
• → Western Mari: Киев (Kijev)
• → Ossetian: Киев (Kiev)
• → Portuguese: Quieve
• → Spanish: Kiev
• → Tatar: Киев (Kiyew)
• → Tuvan: Киев (Kiev)
• → Udmurt: Киев (Kijev)

See also

• Украи́на (Ukraína)
• Ки́евская Русь (Kíjevskaja Rusʹ)