Харків
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Ukrainian
Alternative forms
Etymology
The city is named after the Kharkiv River. A folk etymology says the city and river are named after a Cossack called Харко́ (Xarkó), from Харько́ (Xarʹkó), from Greek Χαρίτων (Charíton), but there is no hard evidence supporting this.
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ха́рків • (Xárkiv) m inan (genitive Ха́ркова, uncountable, relational adjective ха́рківський)
- Kharkiv (a city, the administrative center of Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine)
- у Ха́ркові, у Ха́ркову ― u Xárkovi, u Xárkovu ― in Kharkiv
- у Ха́рків, до Ха́ркова ― u Xárkiv, do Xárkova ― to Kharkiv
- з Ха́ркова ― z Xárkova ― from Kharkiv
Declension
Declension of Ха́рків (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a і-о)
Derived terms
- харків'я́нин (xarkivʺjányn)
- харків'я́нка (xarkivʺjánka)
- ха́рківець (xárkivecʹ)
- ха́рківка (xárkivka)
- Ха́рківська о́бласть (Xárkivsʹka óblastʹ)
- ха́рківський (xárkivsʹkyj)
- Ха́рківщина (Xárkivščyna)
Descendants
References
- “Харків”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “Харків”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)