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Ukrainian
Etymology
Cognate with Russian старе́йшина (staréjšina), Belarusian старэ́йшына (staréjšyna), Old Church Slavonic старѣишина (starěišina).
Pronunciation
Noun
старі́йшина • (staríjšyna) m pers (genitive старі́йшини, nominative plural старі́йшини, genitive plural старі́йшин)
- elder, patriarch (leader of some community)
- Ра́да старі́йшин ― Ráda staríjšyn ― Council of Elders
- doyen (senior or eldest male member of a group)
Declension
Declension of старі́йшина (pers hard fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “старійшина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “старійшина”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “старійшина”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “старійшина”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “старійшина”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)