остров

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ

Old Church Slavonic островъ (ostrovŭ)

Bulgarian остров

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic островъ (ostrovŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔstrof]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔstrof
• Syllabification^(key): о‧стров
• Hyphenation^(key): ос‧тров

Noun

о́стров • (óstrov) m

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Declension

Declension of о́стров

	singular	plural
indefinite	о́стров óstrov	о́строви óstrovi
definite (subject form)	о́стровът óstrovǎt	о́стровите óstrovite
definite (object form)	о́строва óstrova
count form	—	о́строва óstrova

References

• “остров”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
• “остров”, in Infolex Bulgarian Dictionary (in Bulgarian), Institute for Bulgarian Language, 2014
• “остров”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “остров”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “остров”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “остров”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 948
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1901), “о́стровъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 392
• “островъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2026

Anagrams

• сортов (sortov)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔstrɔf]

• Audio:

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Noun

остров • (ostrov) m (relational adjective островски, diminutive островче)

1. island (area of land completely surrounded by water)

Declension

Declension of остров

	singular	plural
indefinite	остров (ostrov)	острови (ostrovi)
definite unspecified	островот (ostrovot)	островите (ostrovite)
definite proximal	островов (ostrovov)	островиве (ostrovive)
definite distal	островон (ostrovon)	островине (ostrovine)
vocative	острову (ostrovu)	острови (ostrovi)
count form	—	острова (ostrova)

Russian

Alternative forms

• о́стровъ (óstrov) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic островъ (ostrovŭ). Akin to струя́ (strujá), стру́мень (strúmenʹ).

Compare Slovene ótok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈostrəf]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Saint Petersburg):

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Noun

о́стров • (óstrov) m inan (genitive о́строва, nominative plural острова́, genitive plural острово́в, relational adjective островно́й, diminutive острово́к)

1. island
   • 1915, Иван Бунин [Ivan Bunin], Господин из Сан-Франциско; English translation from The Gentleman from San Francisco, New York: Modern Library, 1925:

     Сла́дко па́хнет в Ита́лии земля́ по́сле дождя́, и свой, осо́бый за́пах есть у ка́ждого её о́строва!

     Sládko páxnet v Itálii zemljá pósle doždjá, i svoj, osóbyj zápax jestʹ u káždovo jejó óstrova!

     Sweetly smells the earth of Italy after rain, and her every island has its own, its especial aroma!

2. isle

Declension

Declension of о́стров (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	о́стров óstrov	острова́△ ostrová△
genitive	о́строва óstrova	острово́в ostrovóv
dative	о́строву óstrovu	острова́м ostrovám
accusative	о́стров óstrov	острова́△ ostrová△
instrumental	о́стровом óstrovom	острова́ми ostrovámi
prepositional	о́строве óstrove	острова́х ostrováx
locative	острову́* ostrovú*

^△ Irregular.
^* Dated or regional

Derived terms

• островитя́нин m anim (ostrovitjánin), островитя́нка f anim (ostrovitjánka)
• острово́к m (ostrovók)
  • островко́вый (ostrovkóvyj)
• полуо́стров m (poluóstrov)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “остров”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “остров”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 609

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “остров”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.