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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic истина (istina), from Proto-Slavic *jьstina, from *jistъ (*jist). Compare Latvian īstens (“real, true, genuine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
і́стина • (ístyna) f inan (genitive і́стини, nominative plural і́стини, genitive plural і́стин, relational adjective і́стинний)
- truth
- Synonym: пра́вда (právda)
Declension
Declension of і́стина (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “істина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “істина”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “істина”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “істина”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “істина”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)