Свердловск

Russian

Etymology

From Свердло́в (Sverdlóv) +‎ -ск (-sk), from the surname of Yakov Sverdlov, full name Я́ков Миха́йлович Свердло́в (Jákov Mixájlovič Sverdlóv), a Bolshevik party administrator and chairman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲɪrdˈɫofsk]

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Proper noun

Свердло́вск • (Sverdlóvsk) m inan (genitive Свердло́вска, relational adjective свердло́вский)

1. Sverdlovsk, a name for Yekaterinburg from 1924 to 1991.

Declension

Declension of Свердло́вск (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Свердло́вск Sverdlóvsk
genitive	Свердло́вска Sverdlóvska
dative	Свердло́вску Sverdlóvsku
accusative	Свердло́вск Sverdlóvsk
instrumental	Свердло́вском Sverdlóvskom
prepositional	Свердло́вске Sverdlóvske

Derived terms

• свердловча́нин (sverdlovčánin), свердловча́нка (sverdlovčánka)