Буча

See also: буча

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbut͡ɕə]

Proper noun

Бу́ча • (Búča) f inan (genitive Бу́чи, relational adjective буча́нский)

1. Bucha (a city, the administrative centre of Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine)
2. Ellipsis of Резня в Буче (Reznja v Buče).

Declension

Declension of Бу́ча (inan sg-only fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Бу́ча Búča
genitive	Бу́чи Búči
dative	Бу́че Búče
accusative	Бу́чу Búču
instrumental	Бу́чей, Бу́чею Búčej, Búčeju
prepositional	Бу́че Búče

Ukrainian

Etymology

From the nearby Bucha River.

According to a local historian from Bucha, Anatoliya Zborovsky, it possibly refers to the river's strength of its currents. See also Ukrainian бучадити (bučadyty, “raise the water level”) and Ukrainian бучала (bučala, “a whirlpool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbut͡ʃɐ]

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Proper noun

Бу́ча • (Búča) f inan (genitive Бу́чі, uncountable, relational adjective буча́нський)

1. Bucha (a city, the administrative centre of Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Бу́ча (inan sg-only semisoft fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Бу́ча Búča
genitive	Бу́чі Búči
dative	Бу́чі Búči
accusative	Бу́чу Búču
instrumental	Бу́чею Búčeju
locative	Бу́чі Búči
vocative	Бу́че Búče

Derived terms

• буча́нець (bučánecʹ)
• буча́нка (bučánka)

 

References

• “Буча”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)