уезд

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic уѣздъ (ujězdŭ), from *u- (compare Russian у- (u-)) + *jězdъ, deverbal of *ězditi (compare Russian е́здить (jézditʹ)). Compare Old Polish ujazd (lawful circuit around one's land for the purposes of determining the borders).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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уе́зд (ujézdm inan (genitive уе́зда, nominative plural уе́зды, genitive plural уе́здов, relational adjective уе́здный)

  1. (historical) uyezd; district (administrative unit in the Russian Empire before 1917)
  2. administrative region of various countries, including Estonia, Lithuania, People's Republic of China, North and South Korea (county) and Japan (district, )

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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  • пове́т (povét) (sometimes used in Ukraine and Poland during Tsarist rule)

Descendants

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References

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