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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Polish żołnierz.
Pronunciation
Noun
жовні́р • (žovnír) m pers (genitive жовні́ра, nominative plural жовні́ри, genitive plural жовні́рів, relational adjective жовні́рський)
- (historical) a Polish soldier
- (dialectal) soldier
- Synonym: (Standard Ukrainian) солда́т (soldát)
Declension
Declension of жовні́р (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “жовнір”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN