покраїна

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian покрајина / pokrajina. By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ країна (krajina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔkraˈjina]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: по‧кра‧їна

Noun

покраїна (pokrajina) f (related adjective покраїнски)

1. province

   Near-synonyms: подручє (područje), обласц (oblasc)

   Автономна Покраїна Войводина ― Avtonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina ― Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Usage notes

• подручє (područje) and обласц (oblasc) are used in more general senses akin to "region" or "territory", whereas покраїна (pokrajina) is the official term for "province" in Serbia and Croatia, used in government documents and other official contexts.

Declension

Declension of покраїна

	singular	plural
nominative	покраїна pokrajina	покраїни pokrajini
genitive	покраїни pokrajini	покраїнох pokrajinox
dative	покраїни pokrajini	покраїном pokrajinom
accusative	покраїну pokrajinu	покраїни pokrajini
instrumental	покраїну pokrajinu	покраїнами pokrajinami
locative	покраїни pokrajini	покраїнох pokrajinox
vocative	покраїно pokrajino	покраїни pokrajini

References

• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “province”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 229