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Ukrainian
Etymology
Internationalism ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”) and ὄνομᾰ (ónoma, “name”). Compare Russian акро́ним (akrónim), Polish akronim.
Pronunciation
Noun
акро́нім • (akrónim) m inan (genitive акро́німа, nominative plural акро́німи, genitive plural акро́німів)
- acronym (an abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word)
- Hypernym: абревіату́ра f (abreviatúra, “abbreviation”)
Declension
Declension of акро́нім (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
References
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “акронім”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
Further reading
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “акронім”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “акронім”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “акронім”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian) (shows nonstandard stress on end of stem)
- “акронім”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English) (shows nonstandard stress on end of stem)