будинок

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish budynek (“building”), from Middle High German *būding (“building, structure”). Compare Belarusian будынак (budynak). Can be synchronically analyzed as буда (buda) +‎ -нок (-nok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊˈdɪnɔk]

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Noun

буди́нок • (budýnok) m inan (genitive буди́нку, nominative plural буди́нки)

1. house
2. building

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “будинок”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka