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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from French myriade, from Late Latin mȳrias, from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”).[1] Compare Russian мириа́да (miriáda), Polish miriada.
Pronunciation
Noun
міріа́да • (miriáda) f inan (genitive міріа́ди, nominative plural міріа́ди, genitive plural міріа́д)
- (historical, obsolete) myriad (ten thousand)
- Synonym: де́сять ти́сяч (désjatʹ týsjač, “ten thousand”)
- (in the plural, literary) myriad (a countless number or multitude)
- Synonym: бе́зліч (bézlič)
Declension
Declension of міріа́да (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “міріада”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “міріади”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 746
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “міріада”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “міріада”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “міріади”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “міріади”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “міріади”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)