країна

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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak krajina, from Proto-Slavic *krajina. By surface analysis, край (kraj) +‎ -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: кра‧їна

Noun

країна (krajinaf (obsolete)

  1. country, state
    Synonyms: держава (deržava), (obsolete) орсаґ (orsag)

Declension

Declension of країна
singular plural
nominative країна (krajina) країни (krajini)
genitive країни (krajini) країнох (krajinox)
dative країни (krajini) країном (krajinom)
accusative країну (krajinu) країни (krajini)
instrumental країну (krajinu) країнами (krajinami)
locative країни (krajini) країнох (krajinox)
vocative країно (krajino) країни (krajini)

References

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic краина (kraina), from Proto-Slavic *krajina. Cognate with Russian краи́на (kraína), Belarusian краі́на (kraína), Polish kraina, Serbo-Croatian кра̏јина / krȁjina, etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

краї́на (krajínaf inan (genitive краї́ни, nominative plural краї́ни, genitive plural краї́н)

  1. country, land
  2. region

Declension

Declension of краї́на
(inan hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative краї́на
krajína
краї́ни
krajíny
genitive краї́ни
krajíny
краї́н
krajín
dative краї́ні
krajíni
краї́нам
krajínam
accusative краї́ну
krajínu
краї́ни
krajíny
instrumental краї́ною
krajínoju
краї́нами
krajínamy
locative краї́ні
krajíni
краї́нах
krajínax
vocative краї́но
krajíno
краї́ни
krajíny

Derived terms

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