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Буковина

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Old Polish Bukowina or perhaps from Romanian Bucovina from Old Polish Bukowina, from bukowina (“beech forest”), probably independently formed[1] from buk (“beech”) +‎ -ow- +‎ -ina (a now-obsolete suffix appended to trees to form nouns meaning "forest of...").

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Букови́на • (Bukovína) f inan (genitive Букови́ны)

  1. Bukovina (a historical region of Eastern Europe on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and adjoining plains, currently split between Romania and Ukraine)

Declension

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Declension of Букови́на (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Букови́на
Bukovína
genitive Букови́ны
Bukovíny
dative Букови́не
Bukovíne
accusative Букови́ну
Bukovínu
instrumental Букови́ной, Букови́ною
Bukovínoj, Bukovínoju
prepositional Букови́не
Bukovíne
Pre-reform declension of Букови́на (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Букови́на
Bukovína
genitive Букови́ны
Bukovíny
dative Букови́нѣ
Bukovíně
accusative Букови́ну
Bukovínu
instrumental Букови́ной, Букови́ною
Bukovínoj, Bukovínoju
prepositional Букови́нѣ
Bukovíně

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Armenian: Բուկովինա (Bukovina)

References

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  1. ^ For the wide variation of the meanings given for hypothetical descendants of *bukovina vide Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukovina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 89

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic, from Old Polish Bukowina or perhaps from Romanian Bucovina from Old Polish Bukowina, from bukowina (“beech forest”), probably independently formed[1] from buk (“beech”) +‎ -ow- +‎ -ina (a now-obsolete suffix appended to trees to form nouns meaning "forest of..."). By surface analysis, бук (buk) +‎ -овина (-ovyna).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Букови́на • (Bukovýna) f inan (genitive Букови́ни, uncountable)

  1. Bukovina (a historical region of Eastern Europe on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and adjoining plains, currently split between Romania and Ukraine)

Declension

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Declension of Букови́на
(inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
singular
nominative Букови́на
Bukovýna
genitive Букови́ни
Bukovýny
dative Букови́ні
Bukovýni
accusative Букови́ну
Bukovýnu
instrumental Букови́ною
Bukovýnoju
locative Букови́ні
Bukovýni
vocative Букови́но
Bukovýno

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ For the wide variation of the meanings given for hypothetical descendants of *bukovina vide Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bukovina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 89

Further reading

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