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страна

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stornà (side, land); morphologically from стор (stor, spread, extension) (obsolete, archaic) +‎ -на (-na).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [strɐˈna]
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  • Rhymes: -na

Noun

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страна́ (stranáf (relational adjective стра́нен)

  1. side, facet
    Synonyms: край (kraj), (archaic) пола́ (polá)
    от една́ страна́ ..., от дру́га страна́ ...
    ot edná straná ..., ot drúga straná ...
    on the one hand ..., on the other hand ...
    (literally, “from one side ..., from another side ...”)
    оста́вам/стоя́ на страна́ (от)
    ostávam/stojá na straná (ot)
    to remain/to stay aside (from), to remain impartial (to)
    о́пака страна́ópaka stranáopposite, inverse side/face
    на отсре́щната страна́na otsréštnata stranáon the opposite side
  2. direction, orientation (including cardinal direction)
    Synonyms: посо́ка (posóka), направле́ние (napravlénie)
    зави́вам на дру́га страна́zavívam na drúga stranáto turn in another direction
    и́зточна страна́íztočna stranáeast orientation
  3. country, land, region
    ро́дна страна́ródna stranáhomeland
    разви́та страна́razvíta stranádeveloped country
    бли́зки и дале́чни страни́blízki i daléčni stranínear and far countries
  4. (figurative) viewpoint, perspective, angle
    Synonyms: гле́дище (glédište), стано́вище (stanóvište)
    от страна́ наot straná nafrom the point of view of
  5. (figurative) side, aspect, nuance (of character, personality)
    Synonyms: осо́беност (osóbenost), аспе́кт (aspékt)
    скри́та страна́ на не́чий хара́ктерskríta straná na néčij haráktera hidden side of someone's character
  6. (colloquial) cheek (any of the two sides of the face)
    Synonym: бу́за (búza)

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Declension of страна́
singular plural
indefinite страна́
straná
страни́
straní
definite страна́та
stranáta
страни́те
straníte
vocative form стра́но
stráno
страни́
straní
genitive form страни́1
straní1

1Archaic.

Derived terms

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References

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  • страна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • страна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • страна in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stornà (side, land).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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страна (stranaf (plural страни, relational adjective страничен)

  1. side
  2. (colloquial) page

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Declension of страна
singular plural
indefinite страна (strana) страни (strani)
definite unspecified страната (stranata) страните (stranite)
definite proximal странава (stranava) страниве (stranive)
definite distal странана (stranana) странине (stranine)
vocative страно (strano) страни (strani)

Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *storna.

    Noun

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    страна (stranaf

    1. side
    2. country, region
      • from the Life of Constantine:
        оучителѧ не имамъ таковаго, иже бꙑ нꙑ въ свои ꙗзꙑкъ истоую вѣроу христꙇаньскоую сказалъ, да бꙑша и инꙑ странꙑ того зрѧще подобилисѧ намъ.
        učitelę ne imamŭ takovago, iže by ny vŭ svoi jazykŭ istuju věru xristianĭskuju skazalŭ, da byša i iny strany togo zręšte podobilisę namŭ.
        we have no such teacher who would explain the true Christian faith to us in our own tongue, so that even the countries here, seeing this, might emulate us.

    Declension

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    Declension of страна (hard a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative страна
    strana
    странѣ
    straně
    странꙑ
    strany
    genitive странꙑ
    strany
    страноу
    stranu
    странъ
    stranŭ
    dative странѣ
    straně
    странама
    stranama
    странамъ
    stranamŭ
    accusative странѫ
    stranǫ
    странѣ
    straně
    странꙑ
    strany
    instrumental страноѭ
    stranojǫ
    странама
    stranama
    странами
    stranami
    locative странѣ
    straně
    страноу
    stranu
    странахъ
    stranaxŭ
    vocative страно
    strano
    странѣ
    straně
    странꙑ
    strany

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Old East Slavic: страна (strana)
      • Russian: страна́ (straná)

    References

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    • Miklosich, Franz (1850), Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti[1], Vienna
    • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка[2], София

    Old East Slavic

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic страна (strana), from Proto-Slavic *storna.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /strɑˈnɑ//straˈna//straˈna/
      • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /strɑˈnɑ/
      • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /straˈna/
      • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /straˈna/

      • Hyphenation: стра‧на

      Noun

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      страна (stranaf

      1. side
      2. shore
      3. part
      4. land, country
        • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex[3], page 2:
          Афету же ꙗшас полунощнꙑꙗ странꙑ и ꙁападнꙑꙗ.
          Afetu že jašas polunoščnyja strany i zapadnyja.
          And Japheth was given the northern lands and the western.
      5. folk, people
      6. side (in a dispute or war)

      Declension

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      Declension of страна (hard a-stem)
      singular dual plural
      nominative страна
      strana
      странѣ
      straně
      странꙑ
      strany
      genitive странꙑ
      strany
      страну
      stranu
      странъ
      stranŭ
      dative странѣ
      straně
      странама
      stranama
      странамъ
      stranamŭ
      accusative странѫ
      stranǫ
      странѣ
      straně
      странꙑ
      strany
      instrumental страноѭ
      stranojǫ
      странама
      stranama
      странами
      stranami
      locative странѣ
      straně
      страну
      stranu
      странахъ
      stranaxŭ
      vocative страно
      strano
      странѣ
      straně
      странꙑ
      strany

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      References

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      • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “страна”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[4] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 535

      Pannonian Rusyn

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Slovak strana, from Proto-Slavic *storna. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn сторона́ (storoná) and Slovak strana.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): [ˈstrana]
      • Rhymes: -ana
      • Hyphenation: стра‧на

      Noun

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      страна (stranaf

      1. side
        Synonym: бок (bok)
        страна шветаstrana švetaside of the world
      2. (geometry) side
        страна троугелнїкаstrana trouhelnjikaside of a triangle

      Declension

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      Declension of страна (strana)
      singular plural
      nominative страна (strana) страни (strani)
      genitive страни (strani) странох (stranox)
      dative страни (strani) страном (stranom)
      accusative страну (stranu) страни (strani)
      instrumental страну (stranu) странами (stranami)
      locative страни (strani) странох (stranox)
      vocative страно (strano) страни (strani)
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      Russian

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old East Slavic страна (strana), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic страна (strana), from Proto-Slavic *storna. Compare the regular East-Slavic reflex with pleophony сторона́ (storoná).

        Compare typologically English country (<< Latin contrā). Also compare окра́ина (okráina), край (kraj).

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        страна́ (stranáf inan (genitive страны́, nominative plural стра́ны, genitive plural стран, relational adjective страново́й)

        1. country
        2. region
          четы́ре страны́ све́таčetýre straný svétathe four cardinal points

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        References

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        • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “страна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
        • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сторона”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
        • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “сторона”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 206

        Serbo-Croatian

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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Proto-Slavic *storna.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        стра́на f (Latin spelling strána)

        1. side
        2. page (of a book)
          Synonym: стра̀ница

        Declension

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        Declension of страна
        singular plural
        nominative страна стране
        genitive стране страна
        dative страни странама
        accusative страну стране
        vocative страно стране
        locative страни странама
        instrumental страном странама

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        Further reading

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        • страна”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026