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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡρωΐνη (hērōḯnē), with the ending influenced by the feminine suffix + -и́ня (-ýnja).
Pronunciation
Noun
герої́ня • (herojínja) f pers (genitive герої́ні, nominative plural герої́ні, genitive plural герої́нь, masculine геро́й)
- female equivalent of геро́й (herój): heroine
Declension
Declension of герої́ня (pers soft fem-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “герої́ня”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “героїня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “герої́ня”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN