Куев

See also: куёв

Russian

Alternative forms

  • Ку́ив (Kúiv)

Etymology

Possibly from English Kyiv, the transliteration of Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv), as the Latin letter wye (y) looks like the Cyrillic letter u (у).

Alternatively from similarity with the vulgar word ху́ев (xújev), if not influenced by both.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈku(j)ɪf]

Proper noun

Ку́ев • (Kújev) m inan (genitive Ку́ева, relational adjective ку́евский)

  1. (derogatory, politics) derogatory name for Kyiv: the capital and largest city of Ukraine
    Synonym: (standard) Ки́ев (Kíjev)
  2. (derogatory, politics, metonymic) the Ukrainian government

Declension

Declension of Ку́ев (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Ку́ев
Kújev
genitive Ку́ева
Kújeva
dative Ку́еву
Kújevu
accusative Ку́ев
Kújev
instrumental Ку́евом
Kújevom
prepositional Ку́еве
Kújeve
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