Миколаїв

• IPA^(key): [mekɔˈɫajiu̯]

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Calque of Russian Николаев (Nikolajev). By surface analysis, Микола́й (Mykoláj, “Mykolai, Nicholas”) +‎ -їв (-jiv).

Микола́їв • (Mykolájiv) m inan (genitive Микола́єва, uncountable, relational adjective микола́ївський)

1. Mykolaiv (a village in Bobrovytsia urban hromada, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1587)
2. Mykolaiv (a village in Chornyi Ostriv settlement hromada, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1555)
3. Mykolaiv (a village in Lopatyn settlement hromada, Chervonohrad Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded before 1772)
4. Mykolaiv (a village in Davydiv rural hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1670)
5. Mykolaiv (a city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada of the same name, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1570 near the River Dniester)

   Synonym: Микола́їв над Дністро́м m inan (Mykolájiv nad Dnistróm)

6. Mykolaiv (a city, the administrative centre of the urban hromada, raion, and oblast of the same name of Ukraine, founded in 1789 at the confluence of the Inhul and the Southern Buh)
   1. (historical, fully Генера́льна окру́га Микола́їв (Henerálʹna okrúha Mykolájiv)) Nikolajew Generalbezirk, Mykolaiv Generalbezirk (a Generalbezirk of Reichskommissariat Ukraine, Nazi Germany)

Микола́їв • (Mykolájiv)

1. masculine possessive of Микола́й (Mykoláj): Mykolai's; Nicholas's

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Микола́їв • (Mykolájiv) m pl

1. inflection of Микола́й (Mykoláj):
   1. genitive plural
   2. accusative plural

• “Миколаїв”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)