Волощина

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Ukrainian

 Волощина on Ukrainian Wikipedia
Волощина

Etymology

From волоський (volosʹkyj, Vlach, Wallachian) +‎ -ина (-yna) with "-ськ" changing to "-щ" (-шч) (< -сч < -сьч) due to alternation. Compare Polish Wołoszczyzna.

Compare with Ukrainian Словаччина (Slovaččyna, Slovakia) from словацький (slovacʹkyj, Slovak) +‎ -ина (-yna), or Ukrainian Туреччина (Tureččyna, Turkey) from турецький (turecʹkyj, Turkish) +‎ -ина (-yna). The same word-building model is used in Belarusian Ангельшчына (Anhjelʹščyna, England).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Воло́щина (Volóščynaf inan (genitive Воло́щини, uncountable, relational adjective воло́щинський)

  1. Wallachia (a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania)

Declension

Declension of Воло́щина
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative Воло́щина
Volóščyna
genitive Воло́щини
Volóščyny
dative Воло́щині
Volóščyni
accusative Воло́щину
Volóščynu
instrumental Воло́щиною
Volóščynoju
locative Воло́щині
Volóščyni
vocative Воло́щино
Volóščyno

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