чортівня
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Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from чо́ртів (čórtiv) + -ня́ (-njá). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]чортівня́ • (čortivnjá) f inan (genitive чортівні́, uncountable) (colloquial)
- (collective) devils, devilkind, demonkind
- devildom
- devilry, deviltry, demonry
- (figuratively) hell, craziness (chaotic or disorientating situation)
- що за чортівня́ (expressing surprise) ― ščo za čortivnjá ― what the hell
Declension
[edit]Declension of чортівня́ (inan sg-only soft fem-form accent-d)
Synonyms
[edit]- (all senses): чортови́ння n (čortovýnnja), чортовина́ f (čortovyná)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1980), “чортівня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 11 (Х – Ь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 365
- “чортівня”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
[edit]- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “чортівня”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “чортівня”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “чортівня”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “чортівня”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
Categories:
- Ukrainian terms suffixed with -ня
- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian nouns
- Ukrainian uncountable nouns
- Ukrainian feminine nouns
- Ukrainian inanimate nouns
- Ukrainian colloquialisms
- Ukrainian collective nouns
- Ukrainian terms with collocations
- Ukrainian soft feminine-form nouns
- Ukrainian soft feminine-form accent-d nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern d