Велька Британия
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Calque of Serbo-Croatian Велика Британија / Velika Britanija, itself a calque of English Great Britain. Compare Czech Velká Británie and Slovak Veľká Británia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛʎka britaˈnija]
- Hyphenation: Вель‧ка Бри‧та‧ния
Proper noun
Велька Британия (Velʹka Britanija) f (related adjective британски or велькобритански)
- Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)
- (loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland; official name: Зєдинєне Кральовство Велькей Британиї и Сиверней Ирскей (Zjedinjene Kralʹovstvo Velʹkej Britaniji i Sivernej Irskej))
- Synonym: Зєдинєне Кральовство (Zjedinjene Kralʹovstvo)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Велька Британия (Velʹka Britanija) | — |
| genitive | Велькей Британиї (Velʹkej Britaniji) | — |
| dative | Велькей Британиї (Velʹkej Britaniji) | — |
| accusative | Вельку Британию (Velʹku Britaniju) | — |
| instrumental | Вельку Британию (Velʹku Britaniju) | — |
| locative | Велькей Британиї (Velʹkej Britaniji) | — |
| vocative | Велька Британийо (Velʹka Britanijo) | — |
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M. (1997) “Велика Британија”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (О – Ш), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 834