Чернигов

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old East Slavic Черниговъ (Černigovŭ), first attested in the Byzantine-Varangian treaty from 10 cent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɛrˈniɡof]

Proper noun

Черни́гов • (Černígov)

1. Chernihiv, Chernigov (city in northeastern Ukraine)

Alternative forms

• Чернихив (Černihiv) — modern Ukrainian pronunciation

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪrˈnʲiɡəf]

Proper noun

Черни́гов • (Černígov) m inan (genitive Черни́гова, relational adjective черни́говский)

1. Chernihiv/Chernigov (a city, the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Черни́гов Černígov
genitive	Черни́гова Černígova
dative	Черни́гову Černígovu
accusative	Черни́гов Černígov
instrumental	Черни́говом Černígovom
prepositional	Черни́гове Černígove

Descendants

• → English: Chernigov