украина

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See also: Украина, Украіна, Украйна, and Україна

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From оу (u, “beside, at”) +‎ краи (krai, “land, edge”) +‎ -ина (-ina). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈkrɑjinɑ/→/uˈkrajina/→/uˈkrajina/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrɑjinɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrajina/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /uˈkrajina/

Noun

украина (ukraina) f

  1. boundary, outskirts, borderland

Descendants

Further reading

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic оукра́ина (ukráina), from оу- (u-) + краи (krai) +‎ -ина (-ina). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *ukrajina.

Noun

украина • (ukraina) f inan

  1. boundary, outskirts, borderland
  2. land, country

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вкраина; украина”, in Історичний словник українського язика (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 262
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*оукраина”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 474
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “вкраина¹; украина¹”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. (in Ukrainian), numbers 4 (весь – вправѣ), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 82
  • The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “украина”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 424
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