тьмутаракань
Russian
Alternative forms
- тмутарака́нь (tmutarakánʹ)
Etymology
From Тмутарака́нь (Tmutarakánʹ), a medieval Russian town in what is now Krasnodar Krai. In modern Russian, the name sounds like the words for "dark cockroach city" (тьма таракан).
Pronunciation
Noun
тьмутарака́нь • (tʹmutarakánʹ) f inan (genitive тьмутарака́ни, nominative plural тьмутарака́ни, genitive plural тьмутарака́ней)
- obscure and remote place far away from civilization; similar to idiomatic use of Timbuktu.
Declension
Declension of тьмутарака́нь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | тьмутарака́нь tʹmutarakánʹ |
тьмутарака́ни tʹmutarakáni |
genitive | тьмутарака́ни tʹmutarakáni |
тьмутарака́ней tʹmutarakánej |
dative | тьмутарака́ни tʹmutarakáni |
тьмутарака́ням tʹmutarakánjam |
accusative | тьмутарака́нь tʹmutarakánʹ |
тьмутарака́ни tʹmutarakáni |
instrumental | тьмутарака́нью tʹmutarakánʹju |
тьмутарака́нями tʹmutarakánjami |
prepositional | тьмутарака́ни tʹmutarakáni |
тьмутарака́нях tʹmutarakánjax |
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