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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *grivьna + -я (-ja).
Pronunciation
Noun
гри́вня • (hrývnja) f inan (genitive гри́вні, nominative plural гри́вні, genitive plural гри́вень, relational adjective гри́вневий)
- (historical) grivna (unit of currency and weight in in medieval Rus)
- (obsolete) three or two and a half-copeck copper coin
- (obsolete, rare) ten-copeck silver coin
- Synonym: гри́веник (hrývenyk)
- hryvnia, hryvna, grivna (the currency of Ukraine)
Declension
Declension of гри́вня (inan soft fem-form accent-a reduc)
References
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “гри́вня”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “гривня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “гри́вня”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “гривня”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “гривня”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)