твердиня

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Pannonian Rusyn

твердиня

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Ukrainian тверди́ня (tverdýnja). By surface analysis, твердзиц (tverdzic) +‎ -иня (-inja). Related to тварди (tvardi).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iɲa
  • Hyphenation: твер‧ди‧ня

Noun

твердиня (tverdinjaf (diminutive твердинька, related adjective твердиньов or твердиньски)

  1. fortress, stronghold
  2. citadel

Declension

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Ukrainian

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From тверди́й (tverdýj) +‎ -и́ня (-ýnja). Compare Russian тверды́ня (tverdýnja), Belarusian цвярды́ня (cvjardýnja).

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Noun

тверди́ня (tverdýnjaf inan (genitive тверди́ні, nominative plural тверди́ні, genitive plural тверди́нь)

  1. (literary, also figurative) stronghold, bulwark
    Synonyms: форте́ця f (fortécja), цитаде́ль f (cytadélʹ), (dated) крі́пость f (krípostʹ)

Declension

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