Київ
Carpathian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian Кїєвъ (Kijev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), Old Ukrainian *Кійеу꙼ of uncertain origin.
Proper noun
Ки́їв • (Kýjiv) m
- Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (номінатів) |
Київ (Kyjiv) | Ки́ївове (Kýjivove) |
| genitive (ґенітів) |
Ки́їва (Kýjiva) | Ки́ївів (Kýjiviv) |
| dative (датів) |
Ки́ївови (Kýjivovy) | Ки́ївам (Kýjivam) Ки́ївім (Kýjivim) |
| accusative (акузатів) |
Ки́їва (Kýjiva) | Ки́ївів (Kýjiviv) |
| instrumental (інштрументал) |
Ки́ївом (Kýjivom) | Ки́ївами (Kýjivamy) |
| locative (локал) |
Ки́ївови (Kýjivovy) | Ки́ївох (Kýjivox) Ки́ївах (Kýjivax) |
| vocative (вокатів) |
Ки́їву (Kýjivu) | - |
Further reading
Kercha, Ihor (2012) “Киев”, in Словник русько-русинськый: у 2 т. [Russian-Rusyn Dictionary: in 2 vols] (overall work in Russian and Carpathian Rusyn), Uzhhorod: PoliPrint
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian Кїєвъ (Kijev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), of uncertain origin.
The traditional etymology is from the name of a legendary founder, Kyi. However, historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky warned that this was an “etymological myth”.
A proposal by linguist Jaroslav Rudnyckyj, accepted by several linguists and supported by multiple lines of evidence, holds that Київ (Kyjiv) comes rather from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”) (compare to Ukrainian кий (kyj)), in that case meaning a settlement palisaded by poles. See also Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ки́їв • (Kýjiv) m inan (genitive Ки́єва, uncountable, relational adjective ки́ївський)
- Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)
- у Ки́єві, у Ки́єву ― u Kýjevi, u Kýjevu ― in Kyiv
- у Ки́їв, до Ки́єва ― u Kýjiv, do Kýjeva ― to Kyiv
- з Ки́єва ― z Kýjeva ― from Kyiv
Declension
Derived terms
- Ки́євець (Kýjevecʹ)
- Ки́єво- (Kýjevo-)
- київля́нин (kyjivljányn), київля́нка (kyjivljánka)
- ки́ївський (kýjivsʹkyj)
- Ки́ївська о́бласть (Kýjivsʹka óblastʹ)
- Ки́ївська Русь (Kýjivsʹka Rusʹ)
- Ки́ївщина (Kýjivščyna)
- кия́нин (kyjányn), кия́нка (kyjánka)
- кия́нський (kyjánsʹkyj)
Descendants
- → Afrikaans: Kijif
- → Asturian: Kíiv
- → Breton: Kyiv
- → Catalan: Kíiv
- → Danish: Kyiv
- → Galician: Kíiv
- → German: Kyjiw
- → English: Kyiv, Kyïv, Kyjiv, Kyyiv
- → Extremaduran: Kyiv
- → French: Kyïv
- → Icelandic: Kýiv
- → Irish: Cív
- → Japanese: キーウ (Kīu)
- → Korean: 키이우 (kiiu)
- → Luxembourgish: Kyjiw
- → Manx: Kyiv
- → North Frisian: Kyjiw
- → Norwegian: Kyiv
- → Occitan: Kyiv
- → Piedmontese: Kijv
- → Scots: Kyiv
- → Scottish Gaelic: Coighìbh
- → Slovak: Kyjev
- → Walloon: Kiyif
- → Welsh: Kyiv
Further reading
- Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “Ки́їв”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 660
- Luchyk, V. V. (2014) “Київ”, in Етимологічний словник топонімів України [Etymological Dictionary of Toponyms of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Academy, →ISBN, page 259
- Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Кыєвъ”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 77
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “кий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 430
- “Київ”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “Ки́їв”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “Ки́їв”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “Київ”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries