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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obьťina.
By surface analysis, общ (obšt) + -щина (-ština).
Pronunciation
Noun
община́ • (obštiná) f
- municipality (administrative unit in which local self-government is carried out, subdivision of an area)
- Великотърновска община ― Velikotǎrnovska obština ― Veliko Tarnovo Municipality
- town hall (premises where the management of such an administrative unit is located)
- community (political and economic community among the ancient peoples)
Declension
References
- “община”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “община”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic обьщина (obĭščina), from Old Church Slavonic обьщина (obĭština), from Proto-Slavic *obьťina. Doublet of обчи́на (občína).
Pronunciation
Noun
общи́на • (obščína) f inan (genitive общи́ны, nominative plural общи́ны, genitive plural общи́н, relational adjective общи́нный)
- commune, collective society (primitive, often clan-based, society with collective ownership of the means of production)
- (religion) community of believers
Declension
Noun
общи́на or о́бщина • (obščína or óbščina) f inan (genitive общи́ны or о́бщины, nominative plural общи́ны or о́бщины, genitive plural общи́н or о́бщин)
- community
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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общи́на, о́бщина
obščína, óbščina
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общи́ны, о́бщины
obščíny, óbščiny
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| genitive
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общи́ны, о́бщины
obščíny, óbščiny
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общи́н, о́бщин
obščín, óbščin
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| dative
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общи́не, о́бщине
obščíne, óbščine
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общи́нам, о́бщинам
obščínam, óbščinam
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| accusative
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общи́ну, о́бщину
obščínu, óbščinu
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общи́ны, о́бщины
obščíny, óbščiny
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| instrumental
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общи́ной, общи́ною, о́бщиной, о́бщиною
obščínoj, obščínoju, óbščinoj, óbščinoju
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общи́нами, о́бщинами
obščínami, óbščinami
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| prepositional
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общи́не, о́бщине
obščíne, óbščine
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общи́нах, о́бщинах
obščínax, óbščinax
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Derived terms
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian общи́на (obščína), from Old East Slavic обьщина (obĭščina), from Old Church Slavonic обьщина (obĭština), from Proto-Slavic *obьťina.
Pronunciation
Noun
общи́на • (obščýna) f inan (genitive общи́ни, nominative plural общи́ни, genitive plural общи́н, relational adjective общи́нний)
- (historical) collective society (primitive, often clan-based, society with collective ownership of the means of production)
- (historical) a commune of peasants
- (rare) community
- Synonym: (more common) грома́да (hromáda)
Declension
Declension of общи́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “общи́на”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “общи́на”, 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
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “общи́на”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka