пухлина
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Ukrainian
Etymology
From пу́хнути impf (púxnuty, “to swell”). Cognate with Belarusian пухлі́на (puxlína).
Pronunciation
Noun
пухли́на • (puxlýna) f inan (genitive пухли́ни, nominative plural пухли́ни, genitive plural пухли́н)
- swelling
- (oncology) tumour (UK), tumor (US), neoplasm
- ра́кова пухли́на ― rákova puxlýna ― cancerous tumour
- доброя́кісна пухли́на ― dobrojákisna puxlýna ― benign tumour
- злоя́кісна пухли́на ― zlojákisna puxlýna ― malignant tumour
Declension
Declension of пухли́на (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | пухли́на puxlýna |
пухли́ни puxlýny |
| genitive | пухли́ни puxlýny |
пухли́н puxlýn |
| dative | пухли́ні puxlýni |
пухли́нам puxlýnam |
| accusative | пухли́ну puxlýnu |
пухли́ни puxlýny |
| instrumental | пухли́ною puxlýnoju |
пухли́нами puxlýnamy |
| locative | пухли́ні puxlýni |
пухли́нах puxlýnax |
| vocative | пухли́но puxlýno |
пухли́ни puxlýny |
Synonyms
- (neoplasm): новоутво́рення (novoutvórennja)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пухлина”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “пухлина”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “пухлина”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “пухлина”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)