Одесса

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós) — the name of the ancient Greek colony, which, as was mistakenly thought, was located on the territory of Odessa (actually in Asia Minor). The name was given to the city in 1795 at the suggestion of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐˈdʲes(ː)ə]
  • IPA(key): [ɐˈdɛs(ː)ə] (phonetic respelling: Одэ́сса)
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Proper noun

Оде́сса • (Odéssa, Odɛ́ssa) f inan (genitive Оде́ссы, related adjective оде́сский)

  1. Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)

Declension
Declension of Оде́сса (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Оде́сса
Odéssa, Odɛ́ssa
genitive Оде́ссы
Odéssy, Odɛ́ssy
dative Оде́ссе
Odésse, Odɛ́sse
accusative Оде́ссу
Odéssu, Odɛ́ssu
instrumental Оде́ссой, Оде́ссою
Odéssoj, Odéssoju, Odɛ́ssoj, Odɛ́ssoju
prepositional Оде́ссе
Odésse, Odɛ́sse
Pre-reform declension of Оде́сса (inan sg-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Оде́сса
Odéssa, Odɛ́ssa
genitive Оде́ссы
Odéssy, Odɛ́ssy
dative Оде́ссѣ
Odéssě, Odɛ́ssě
accusative Оде́ссу
Odéssu, Odɛ́ssu
instrumental Оде́ссой, Оде́ссою
Odéssoj, Odéssoju, Odɛ́ssoj, Odɛ́ssoju
prepositional Оде́ссѣ
Odéssě, Odɛ́ssě

Synonyms
  • го́род-ма́ма (górod-máma)
  • одесси́т (odessít, odɛssít), одесси́тка (odessítka, odɛssítka)
  • одесси́тский (odessítskij, odɛssítskij)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: Օդեսա (Ōdesa)
  • → Georgian: ადესა (adesa, “grape variety”)
  • → Laz: ადესა (adesa, “grape variety”)
  • → Mingrelian: ადესა (adesa, “grape variety”)
  • → Turkish: ადესა (“grape variety”)
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