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Ukrainian
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) + ἥλιος (hḗlios). Compare Russian афе́лий (afélij), Belarusian афе́лій (afjélij).
Pronunciation
Noun
афе́лій • (afélij) m inan (genitive афе́лію, nominative plural афе́лії, genitive plural афе́ліїв)
- (astronomy) aphelion
- Antonym: периге́лій m (peryhélij)
Declension
Declension of афе́лій (inan j-stem masc-form accent-a)
References
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970), “афелій”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – В), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 73
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “афелій”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “афелій”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)