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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from French cavalerie, from Italian cavalleria. Compare Russian кавале́рия (kavalérija), Belarusian кавале́рыя (kavaljéryja), Polish kawaleria.
Pronunciation
Noun
кавале́рія • (kavalérija) f inan (genitive кавале́рії, uncountable, relational adjective кавалері́йський)
- (military) cavalry (troops mounted on horseback)
- Synonym: кінно́та f (kinnóta)
Declension
Declension of кавале́рія (inan sg-only j-stem fem-form accent-a)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кавалерія”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “кавалерія”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “кавалерія”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “кавалерія”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “кавалерія”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)