Теннессі

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tenːeˈsʲːi]

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Proper noun

Теннессі́ • (Tennessí) m inan (indeclinable, relational adjective теннессі́йський)

1. Tennessee (a state of the United States)

Proper noun

Теннессі́ • (Tennessí) f inan (indeclinable, relational adjective теннессі́йський)

1. Tennessee (a river in the United States)

Usage notes

In Ukrainian, non-Slavic proper nouns and most loanwords ending in -о or -і are indeclinable and take on the gender of their superordinate. Thus, Теннессі is masculine when referring to the state because штат (štat, “state”) is masculine, and feminine when referring to the river because ріка (rika, “river”) is feminine.

Derived terms

• теннессі́єць (tennessíjecʹ)
• теннессі́йка (tennessíjka)