Одесса

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós), the name of an ancient Greek colony which supposedly was located near the present location in Ukraine and which itself was named after a larger, better known city located at modern Varna, Bulgaria. The name was given to the city in 1795 at the suggestion of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈdʲes(ː)ə]
• IPA^(key): [ɐˈdɛs(ː)ə] (phonetic respelling: Одэ́сса)

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Proper noun

Оде́сса • (Odéssa, Odɛ́ssa) f inan (genitive Оде́ссы, relational adjective оде́сский)

1. Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine)
   • 1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Том 2, Часть четвёртая, IX”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:

     Гуверна́нтки разгова́ривали о том, где деше́вле жить, в Москве́ и́ли в Оде́ссе.

     Guvernántki razgovárivali o tom, gde dešévle žitʹ, v Moskvé íli v Odésse.

     The governesses were discussing whether it was cheaper to live in Moscow or Odessa.

Declension

Declension of Оде́сса (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Оде́сса Odéssa, Odɛ́ssa
genitive	Оде́ссы Odéssy, Odɛ́ssy
dative	Оде́ссе Odésse, Odɛ́sse
accusative	Оде́ссу Odéssu, Odɛ́ssu
instrumental	Оде́ссой, Оде́ссою Odéssoj, Odéssoju, Odɛ́ssoj, Odɛ́ssoju
prepositional	Оде́ссе Odésse, Odɛ́sse

Pre-reform declension of Оде́сса (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Оде́сса Odéssa, Odɛ́ssa
genitive	Оде́ссы Odéssy, Odɛ́ssy
dative	Оде́ссѣ Odéssě, Odɛ́ssě
accusative	Оде́ссу Odéssu, Odɛ́ssu
instrumental	Оде́ссой, Оде́ссою Odéssoj, Odéssoju, Odɛ́ssoj, Odɛ́ssoju
prepositional	Оде́ссѣ Odéssě, Odɛ́ssě

Synonyms

• го́род-ма́ма (górod-máma)

Related terms

• одесси́т (odessít, odɛssít), одесси́тка (odessítka, odɛssítka)
• одесси́тский (odessítskij, odɛssítskij)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Օդեսա (Ōdesa)
• → Catalan: Odessa
• → Dutch: Odessa
• → English: Odessa
• → Georgian: ადესა (adesa, “grape variety”)
• → Italian: Odessa
• → Laz: ადესა (adesa, “grape variety”)
• → Mingrelian: ადესა (adesa, “grape variety”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اودسه (Odesa)
• → Polish: Odessa
• → Portuguese: Odessa
• → Spanish: Odessa
• → Turkish: Odessa, adesa (“grape variety”)
• → Yiddish: אָדעס (odes)