енциклопедія

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French encyclopédie,[1] from New Latin encyclopaedia (general education), from a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, education in the circle of arts and sciences), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, circular) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, child-rearing, education). Compare Russian энциклопе́дия (enciklopédija), Belarusian энцыклапе́дыя (encyklapjédyja).

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Noun

енциклопе́дія (encyklopédijaf inan (genitive енциклопе́дії, nominative plural енциклопе́дії, genitive plural енциклопе́дій, relational adjective енциклопеди́чний)

  1. encyclopedia
    Вікіпедіяві́льна енциклопе́діяVikipedija — vílʹna encyklopédijaWikipedia — the free encyclopedia
    Мій ба́тько ― ходя́ча енциклопе́дія.Mij bátʹko ― xodjáča encyklopédija.My father is a walking encyclopedia.

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References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “енциклопедія”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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