Пхеньян
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See also: Пхёнъян
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
- Based on the Kontsevich Cyrillization system of Korean Пхёнъян (Pxjonʺjan) of Korean 평양(平壤) (Pyeong'yang, “flat land”).
- It is very uncommon for the letter ё to appear in an unstressed positions and letter ъ mostly appears in native Slavic words to separate prefixes, so Пхёнъян (Pxjonʺjan) was Russified to Пхенья́н (Pxenʹján).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Пхенья́н • (Pxenʹján) m inan (genitive Пхенья́на, relational adjective пхенья́нский)
- Pyongyang (the capital city of North Korea)
Declension
Declension of Пхенья́н (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Пхенья́н Pxenʹján |
| genitive | Пхенья́на Pxenʹjána |
| dative | Пхенья́ну Pxenʹjánu |
| accusative | Пхенья́н Pxenʹján |
| instrumental | Пхенья́ном Pxenʹjánom |
| prepositional | Пхенья́не Pxenʹjáne |
Related terms
- пхенья́нец (pxenʹjánec), пхенья́нка (pxenʹjánka)
Descendants
- → Armenian: Փխենյան (Pʻxenyan)
- → Azerbaijani: Pxenyan
- → Georgian: ფხენიანი (pxeniani)
- → Latvian: Phenjana
- → Lithuanian: Pchenjanas
- → Mongolian:
- Cyrillic script: (dated) Пхеньян (Pxenʹjan)
- → Polish: Phenian
- → Ukrainian: Пхеньян (Pxenʹjan)
See also
- Се́верная Коре́я (Sévernaja Koréja)
- Коре́йская Наро́дно-Демократи́ческая Респу́блика f (Koréjskaja Naródno-Demokratíčeskaja Respúblika)
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Russian Пхеньян (Pxenʹjan), derived from Korean 평양 (pyeong'yang).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Пхенья́н • (Pxenʹján) m inan (genitive Пхенья́на, uncountable, relational adjective пхенья́нський)
- Pyongyang (the capital city of North Korea, Asia)
Declension
Declension of Пхенья́н (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Пхенья́н Pxenʹján |
| genitive | Пхенья́на Pxenʹjána |
| dative | Пхенья́нові, Пхенья́ну Pxenʹjánovi, Pxenʹjánu |
| accusative | Пхенья́н Pxenʹján |
| instrumental | Пхенья́ном Pxenʹjánom |
| locative | Пхенья́ну, Пхенья́ні Pxenʹjánu, Pxenʹjáni |
| vocative | Пхенья́не Pxenʹjáne |
Further reading
- “Пхеньян”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)