Sachalin

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sachalin m inan (related adjective sachalinský)

  1. Sakhalin (the largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast)
  2. Sakhalin (an oblast of Russia)

Declension

Declension of Sachalin (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Sachalin
genitive Sachalinu
dative Sachalinu
accusative Sachalin
vocative Sachaline
locative Sachalině, Sachalinu
instrumental Sachalinem

Further reading

  • “Sachalin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “Sachalin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “Sachalin”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

German

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaxaˈliːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Sachalin n (proper noun, genitive Sachalins or (optionally with an article) Sachalin)

  1. Sakhalin (a large island and oblast in eastern Russia)

See also

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”), probably from the expression ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ
ᠠᡢᡤᠠ
ᡥᠠᡩ᠋ᠠ (sahaliyan ula aᡢga hada, “the peak at the estuary of the Amur river”), from Jurchen 撒哈良 (sa-ha-liang /⁠saxalian⁠/, “black”), from Proto-Tungusic *sakarīn (“black”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈxa.lin/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alin
  • Syllabification: Sa‧cha‧lin

Proper noun

Sachalin m inan

  1. Sakhalin (the largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast)
  2. Sakhalin (an oblast of Russia)

Declension

Declension of Sachalin
singular
nominative Sachalin
genitive Sachalinu
dative Sachalinowi
accusative Sachalin
instrumental Sachalinem
locative Sachalinie
vocative Sachalinie

Further reading

Swedish

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Proper noun

Sachalin n

  1. Sakhalin (a large island and oblast in eastern Russia)
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