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Київ

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Carpathian Rusyn

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Ukrainian Кї́ѣвъ (Kýjiv), Кї́євъ (Kýjev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑѥвъ (Kyjevŭ), of uncertain origin.

Proper noun

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Ки́їв (Kýjivm

  1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

Declension

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Further reading

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Kercha, Ihor (2012) “Киев”, in Словник русько-русинськый: у 2 т. [Russian-Rusyn Dictionary: in 2 vols] (overall work in Russian and Carpathian Rusyn), Uzhhorod: PoliPrint

Ukrainian

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Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Ukrainian Кї́ѣвъ (Kýjiv), Кї́євъ (Kýjev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑѥвъ (Kyjevŭ), of uncertain origin.

The origin of the name of the city is unclear. Traditionally the etymology has been derived from the name of a legendary founder, Kyi. However, historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky warned that this was an “etymological myth”. This means that this is not actually the probable origin of the name, but just a mythologically favoured one.

A proposal by linguist Jaroslav Rudnyckyj, accepted by several linguists and supported by multiple lines of evidence, holds that Київ (Kyjiv) comes rather from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (stick, club, hammer) (compare to Ukrainian кий (kyj)), in that case meaning a settlement palisaded by poles. See also Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪjiu̯]
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Proper noun

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Ки́їв (Kýjivm inan (genitive Ки́єва, uncountable, relational adjective ки́ївський)

  1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)
    у Ки́єві, у Ки́євуu Kýjevi, u Kýjevuin Kyiv
    у Ки́їв, до Ки́єваu Kýjiv, do Kýjevato Kyiv
    з Ки́єваz Kýjevafrom Kyiv

Declension

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Declension of Ки́їв
(inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a і-е)
singular
nominative Ки́їв
Kýjiv
genitive Ки́єва
Kýjeva
dative Ки́єву
Kýjevu
accusative Ки́їв
Kýjiv
instrumental Ки́євом
Kýjevom
locative Ки́єву, Ки́єві
Kýjevu, Kýjevi
vocative Ки́єве
Kýjeve

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Descendants

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