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Ukrainian
Etymology
From украї́н(ський) (ukrajín(sʹkyj), “Ukrainian”) + -ець (-ecʹ). Compare Russian украи́нец (ukraínec), Belarusian украі́нец (ukraínjec), Polish Ukrainiec, Czech Ukrajinec.
Pronunciation
Noun
украї́нець • (ukrajínecʹ) m pers (genitive украї́нця, nominative plural украї́нці, genitive plural украї́нців, feminine украї́нка)
- male Ukrainian person
- він украї́нець ― vin ukrajínecʹ ― he is Ukrainian
Declension
Declension of украї́нець (pers soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
Further reading
- “украї́нець”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “украї́нець”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1979), “украї́нець”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (Т – Ф), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 422
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “Украї́на”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 28
- Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “Украї́на”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 1075
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “украї́нець”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: О – Я, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 840
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “украї́нець”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina