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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rodina.
Pronunciation
Noun
роди́на • (rodína) f
- homeland, motherland, native land
- Synonyms: та́тковина (tátkovina), оте́чество (otéčestvo)
Declension
References
- “родина”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “родина”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rodina.
Pronunciation
Noun
родина • (rodina) f (relational adjective родински)
- homeland
- Synonyms: татковина f (tatkovina), мајковина f (majkovina)
Declension
References
- родина in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rodina.
Pronunciation
Noun
ро́дина • (ródina) f inan (genitive ро́дины, nominative plural ро́дины, genitive plural ро́дин)
- homeland, motherland, native land
- Synonyms: оте́чество n (otéčestvo), отчи́зна f (otčízna)
- тоскова́ть по ро́дине ― toskovátʹ po ródine ― to be homesick
- (endearing, usually capitalized) Russia as the Motherland
- Они́ сража́лись за Ро́дину ― Oní sražálisʹ za Ródinu ― They fought for the Motherland
- За Ро́дину ― Za Ródinu ― For the Motherland (patriotic motto)
- (endearing, dated, usually capitalized) the Soviet Union
Declension
Descendants
References
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian роди́на (rodína, “family, homeland”), the sense "family" is a semantic loan from Old Polish rodzina (“family”). By surface analysis, род- (rod-) + -ина (-yna).
Pronunciation
Noun
роди́на • (rodýna) f inan (genitive роди́ни, nominative plural роди́ни, genitive plural роди́н, relational adjective роди́нний or роди́нин)
- family
- Synonym: сім'я́ (simʺjá)
- (colloquial) relative
- Synonyms: ро́дич (ródyč), ро́дичка (ródyčka), рідня́ (ridnjá)
- (biology, taxonomy) family
- (poetic) homeland
- Synonyms: батьківщи́на (batʹkivščýna), вітчи́зна (vitčýzna)
- lineage, clan, tribe, family
- Synonym: рід (rid)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “родина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “родина”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “родина”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “родина”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “родина”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “родина”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)