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Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrovьcь. By surface analysis, острів (ostriv) + ець (ecʹ). Cognate with Macedonian островче (ostrovče).
Pronunciation
Noun
остріве́ць • (ostrivécʹ) m inan (genitive острівця́, nominative plural острівці́, genitive plural острівці́в)
- diminutive of о́стрів (óstriv, “island”), islet, (a small island)
Declension
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “острівець”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “острівець”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “острівець”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)
- “острівець”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “острівець”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries