Украина

See also: украина, Украіна, Украйна, and Україна

Bashkir

Украинаның Ер шарында торошо.
Ukraine's position on the globe.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Украи́на (Ukraína, “Ukraine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uk.raˈi.na]
• Hyphenation: Ук‧ра‧и‧на

Proper noun

Украина • (Ukraina)

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe)

   Украинаға хакер һөжүмдәре.

   Ukrainağa xaker höžümdäre.

   Hacker attacks on Ukraine.

Declension

Inflection of Украина (Ukraina)

	singular only
absolute	Украина (Ukraina)
definite genitive	Украинаның (Ukrainanïñ)
dative	Украина (Ukraina)
definite accusative	Украинаны (Ukrainanï)
locative	Украинала (Ukrainala)
ablative	Украинанан (Ukrainanan)

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	Украина (Wkraïna)
Arabic	ۋكراينا‎
Latin	{{{3}}}

Proper noun

Украина • (Wkraïna)

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe)

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Komi-Zyrian

Proper noun

Украина • (Ukraina)

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe)

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈkraina]

Proper noun

Украина • (Ukraina) f (related adjective украински)

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Украина

	singular
indefinite	Украина
definite unspecified	—
definite proximal	—
definite distal	—
vocative	Украино

Derived terms

• Украинец m (Ukrainec), Украинка f (Ukrainka)

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• Вкраи́на (Vkraína)

Etymology

From укра́ина (ukráina, “borderland; country”), from Old East Slavic оукра́ина (ukráina, “borderland”).

Proper noun

Украи́на • (Ukraína) f inan

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe)

Descendants

• Belarusian: Украі́на (Ukraína); Ўкраі́на (Ŭkraína) (after vowels)
• Rusyn: Украї́на (Ukrajína)
• Ukrainian: Украї́на (Ukrajína); Вкраї́на (Vkrajína) (rare, poetic, after vowels)

Further reading

• Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вкраина; украина”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – Ж, Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 262
• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1997), “Вкраина²; Украина²”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16th – 1st half of 17th cent.] (in Ukrainian), issue 4: весь – вправѣ, Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 82
• Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Ꙋкраина”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 165

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic оукраина (ukraina, “borderland”), synchronically у- (u-) +‎ край (kraj) +‎ -ина (-ina).

Alternative forms

• Укра́йна (Ukrájna) – dated, rare

Pronunciation

• Украи́на: IPA^(key): [ʊkrɐˈinə]
• (nonstandard) Укра́ина: IPA^(key): [ʊˈkraɪnə]

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• Note: although considered non-standard and/or politically incorrect by some, Укра́ина is still a common pronunciation and was so historically, even in Ukrainian (as in the poetry of Taras Shevchenko).

Proper noun

Украи́на • (Ukraína) f inan (genitive Украи́ны, related adjective украи́нский)

1. Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe)

   в Украи́не ― v Ukraíne ― in Ukraine (preferred in Ukraine, now also used by many Russians supporting Ukraine)

   на Украи́не ― na Ukraíne ― in Ukraine (preferred in Russia)

Usage notes

• In Russia, Украина is mostly used with the preposition на (na), as in

Я живу́ на Украи́не. — I live in Ukraine.

In Ukraine, Украина is nowadays mostly used with the preposition в, as in

Я живу́ в Украи́не. — I live in Ukraine.

The argument for the usage by Ukrainians is that “на Украине” allegedly implies that Ukraine is still a part of Russia (or the USSR), which Ukraine left in 1991. With certain exceptions, “в” is used for countries or polities, while “на” is used for broader geographical regions. Thus “на Украине” suggests the historical derivation “на окраине” — “at the borderlands [of Russia]” — which roughly corresponds to the now-deprecated English construction “the Ukraine”, the definite article “the” being used as when referring to a geographical region without sovereign status, e.g. “the West Coast” or “the Midlands”.

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Украи́на Ukraína
genitive	Украи́ны Ukraíny
dative	Украи́не Ukraíne
accusative	Украи́ну Ukraínu
instrumental	Украи́ной, Украи́ною Ukraínoj, Ukraínoju
prepositional	Украи́не Ukraíne

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

	singular
nominative	Украи́на Ukraína
genitive	Украи́ны Ukraíny
dative	Украи́нѣ Ukraíně
accusative	Украи́ну Ukraínu
instrumental	Украи́ной, Украи́ною Ukraínoj, Ukraínoju
prepositional	Украи́нѣ Ukraíně

Synonyms

• (dated, now considered offensive in Ukraine) Малоро́ссия (Maloróssija) or, rarely, Малору́ссия (Malorússija)
• (derogatory) Укро́пия (Ukrópija), Хохлоста́н (Xoxlostán), Хохля́ндия (Xoxljándija)

Derived terms

• украи́нец (ukraínec)
• украи́нка (ukraínka)
• украи́нский (ukraínskij)

Related terms

• окра́ина (okráina)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: Украина (Ukraina)
• → Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Украин (Ukrain), Украйн (Ukrain), украин (ukrain), украйн (ukrain)

  Mongolian: ᠤᠻᠷᠠᠶᠢᠨ (ukrayin), ᠦᠺᠷᠠᠶᠢᠨ (ügrayin)

• → Uyghur:

  Cyrillic: Украина (Ukraina)

  Arabic: ئۇكرائىنا‎ (ukra'ina)

• → Yakut: Украина (Ukraina)

See also

• Ки́ев (Kíjev)
• Wikipedia article about Ukraine

References

• Andrew Gregorovich, ‘Ukraine’ or ‘the Ukraine’
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Grigory Naumovets, "В" или "на" Украине