Британия
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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Noun
Брита́ния • (Británija) f (relational adjective брита́нски)
- (loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
- Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | Брита́ния Británija |
| definite | — |
| vocative form | Брита́нийо Británijo |
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Британија / Britanija, ultimately from Latin Britannia. Doublet of Бретаня (Bretanja).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Британия (Britanija) f (related adjective британски)
- (loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
- Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)
- Synonym: Велька Британия (Velʹka Britanija)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Британия (Britanija) | — |
| genitive | Британиї (Britaniji) | — |
| dative | Британиї (Britaniji) | — |
| accusative | Британию (Britaniju) | — |
| instrumental | Британию (Britaniju) | — |
| locative | Британиї (Britaniji) | — |
| vocative | Британийо (Britanijo) | — |
Related terms
proper nouns
- Британски острова n pl (Britanski ostrova, “British Isles”)
- Велька Британия f (Velʹka Britanija)
References
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “Britain”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 44
Russian
Alternative forms
- Брита́нія (Británija) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Брита́ния • (Británija) f inan (genitive Брита́нии, relational adjective брита́нский)
- (loosely) Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
- Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)
Declension
Declension of Брита́ния (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Брита́ния Británija |
| genitive | Брита́нии Británii |
| dative | Брита́нии Británii |
| accusative | Брита́нию Britániju |
| instrumental | Брита́нией, Брита́ниею Británijej, Británijeju |
| prepositional | Брита́нии Británii |
Derived terms
- брита́нец (británec), брита́нка (británka)
- брита́нский (británskij)
Related terms
- А́нглия (Ánglija)
- Брита́нская импе́рия (Británskaja impérija)
- Брита́нские острова́ (Británskije ostrová)
- Великобрита́ния (Velikobritánija)
- Се́верная Ирла́ндия (Sévernaja Irlándija)
- Соединённое Королевство (Sojedinjónnoje Korolevstvo)
- Соединённое Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии (Sojedinjónnoje Korolevstvo Velikobritanii i Severnoj Irlandii)
- Уэ́льс (Uélʹs)
- Шотла́ндия (Šotlándija)