Київ
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[edit] Etymology
From Old East Slavic Кыевъ (Kyevŭ).
The traditional etymology is from the name of a legendary founder, кии (kii), mentioned in the Hypatian Codex (see Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv in Wikipedia). Compare Ukrainian Кий (Kyj), Russian Киев (Kíjev), from Кий (Kij). However, historian Michael Hrushevsky warned that this was an “etymological myth”.
A proposal by linguist Jaroslav Rudnyckyj holds that Київ comes from кий (kyj, “stick, pole”), meaning a settlement palisaded киями (kýjamy, “by poles”). This etymology has been accepted by several émigré linguists, and supported by multiple lines of evidence. In turn, the word comes from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“pole, hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *kū-i̯os (“pole, hammer”), *kāu̯-, *kəu̯-, related to Proto-Indo-European *kūti (“to hit”), from *koutei.
Compare Middle Ukrainian Києв (Kyjev), Кіевъ (Kievъ), Киевъ (Kyevъ), Old Ukrainian Кїєвь (Kijev’).
[edit] Pronunciation
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[edit] Proper noun
Київ (Kýjiv) m.
[edit] Declension
| case | singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Київ (Kýjiv) |
| Genitive | Києва (Kýjeva) |
| Dative | Києві (Kýjevi) |
| Accusative | Київ (Kýjiv) |
| Vocative | Києве (Kýjeve) |
| Instrumental | Києвом (Kýjevom) |
| Locative | Києві (Kýjevi) |
[edit] Derived terms
- Києвець
- Києво-
- київлянин, київлянка
- київський, київська, київське
- Київська Русь
- Київщина
- киянин, киянка
- киянський
[edit] References
- “кий” in Etymolohichnyĭ Slovnyk Ukraïns′koï Movy (Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language), O.S. Mel′nychuk, 1982–2006.
- Rudnyc’kyj, Jaroslav B. (1962). An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, vol 2, pp 660–666 (“Київ”), p 667 (“кий”). Winnipeg: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences.
