область

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *obolstь.

Noun

область • (oblastĭ) f

1. power, jurisdiction

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь. Displaced native Old East Slavic оболость (obolostĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈobɫəsʲtʲ]

• Audio

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Noun

о́бласть • (óblastʹ) f inan (genitive о́бласти, nominative plural о́бласти, genitive plural областе́й)

1. region, oblast, province
2. sphere, field (area of knowledge)

Declension

Declension of о́бласть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	о́бласть óblastʹ	о́бласти óblasti
genitive	о́бласти óblasti	областе́й oblastéj
dative	о́бласти óblasti	областя́м oblastjám
accusative	о́бласть óblastʹ	о́бласти óblasti
instrumental	о́бластью óblastʹju	областя́ми oblastjámi
prepositional	о́бласти óblasti	областя́х oblastjáx

Pre-reform declension of о́бласть (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	о́бласть óblastʹ	о́бласти óblasti
genitive	о́бласти óblasti	областе́й oblastéj
dative	о́бласти óblasti	областя́мъ oblastjám
accusative	о́бласть óblastʹ	о́бласти óblasti
instrumental	о́бластью óblastʹju	областя́ми oblastjámi
prepositional	о́бласти óblasti	областя́хъ oblastjáx

Derived terms

• областно́й (oblastnój)

See also

• край (kraj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “область”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “область”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

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Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь. Displaced native Old East Slavic оболость (obolostĭ).

Noun

область • (oblastʹ) f

1. province, region, oblast

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь. Displaced native Old East Slavic оболость (obolostĭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔbɫɐsʲtʲ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

о́бласть • (óblastʹ) f inan (genitive о́бласті, nominative plural о́бласті)

1. province, region, territory
2. sphere (of influence etc.)

References

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