чужбина

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Bulgarian

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Noun

чужби́на • (čužbína) f

  1. foreign country, strange/foreign land
    сестра́ ми живе́е в чужби́на
    sestrá mi živée v čužbína
    my sister lives abroad

Declension

Declension of чужби́на
singular plural
indefinite чужби́на
čužbína 		чужби́ни
čužbíni
definite чужби́ната
čužbínata 		чужби́ните
čužbínite

References

  • “чужбина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “чужбина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

From чужо́й (čužój) +‎ -би́на (-bína). For the suffix, compare ложби́на (ložbína, “hollow, depression, shallow ravine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

чужби́на • (čužbína) f inan (genitive чужби́ны, nominative plural чужби́ны, genitive plural чужби́н)

  1. foreign country, strange/foreign land

Declension

Declension of чужби́на (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative чужби́на
čužbína 		чужби́ны
čužbíny
genitive чужби́ны
čužbíny 		чужби́н
čužbín
dative чужби́не
čužbíne 		чужби́нам
čužbínam
accusative чужби́ну
čužbínu 		чужби́ны
čužbíny
instrumental чужби́ной, чужби́ною
čužbínoj, čužbínoju 		чужби́нами
čužbínami
prepositional чужби́не
čužbíne 		чужби́нах
čužbínax
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