Закавказье
Russian
Etymology
From за- (za-, “beyond”) + Кавка́з (Kavkáz, “Caucasus”) + -ье (-ʹje, “suffix forming names of locations”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zəkɐfˈkazʲje]
Proper noun
Закавка́зье • (Zakavkázʹje) n inan (genitive Закавка́зья)
- Transcaucasia, South Caucasus (a mountainous region of West Asia and Eastern Europe, lying between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising the republics of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan)
Declension
Declension of Закавка́зье (inan sg-only neut-form vowel-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Закавка́зье Zakavkázʹje |
| genitive | Закавка́зья Zakavkázʹja |
| dative | Закавка́зью Zakavkázʹju |
| accusative | Закавка́зье Zakavkázʹje |
| instrumental | Закавка́зьем Zakavkázʹjem |
| prepositional | Закавка́зье Zakavkázʹje |
Descendants
- ⇒ Azerbaijani: Zaqafqaziya