Болгарщина
Ukrainian
Etymology
From болгар (bolhar, “Bulgarian”) + -щина (-ščyna). Compare with Ukrainian Словаччина (Slovaččyna, “Slovakia”), Ukrainian Німеччина (Nimeččyna, “Germany”), or Ukrainian Греччина (Hreččyna, “Greece”).
An unattested form *Бовгарщина is also possible, as the form бовгар[1] exists, which is a cognate to болгар, where "л" (l) after "о" (o) got changed to "в" (v), which is a common occurrence in Ukrainian phonology.
Noun
Болга́рщина • (Bolhárščyna) f inan (genitive Болга́рщини, uncountable)
- Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: Болга́рія (Bolhárija)
Declension
Declension of Болга́рщина (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Болга́рщина Bolhárščyna |
| genitive | Болга́рщини Bolhárščyny |
| dative | Болга́рщині Bolhárščyni |
| accusative | Болга́рщину Bolhárščynu |
| instrumental | Болга́рщиною Bolhárščynoju |
| locative | Болга́рщині Bolhárščyni |
| vocative | Болга́рщино Bolhárščyno |
References
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Болгарщина”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Болгарщина in Словарь української мови (Борис Грінченко) (1907) [Dictionary of Ukrainian language (Borys Hrinchenko) (1907)] (in Ukrainian with Russian descriptions)
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