покраїна
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian покрајина / pokrajina. By surface analysis, по- (po-) + країна (krajina).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɔkraˈjina]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: по‧кра‧їна
Noun
покраїна (pokrajina) f (related adjective покраїнски)
- province
- Near-synonyms: подручє (područje), обласц (oblasc)
- Автономна Покраїна Войводина ― Avtonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina ― Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
Usage notes
- подручє (područje) and обласц (oblasc) are used in more general senses akin to "region" or "territory", whereas покраїна (pokrajina) is the official term for "province" in Serbia and Croatia, used in government documents and other official contexts.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | покраїна (pokrajina) | покраїни (pokrajini) |
| genitive | покраїни (pokrajini) | покраїнох (pokrajinox) |
| dative | покраїни (pokrajini) | покраїном (pokrajinom) |
| accusative | покраїну (pokrajinu) | покраїни (pokrajini) |
| instrumental | покраїну (pokrajinu) | покраїнами (pokrajinami) |
| locative | покраїни (pokrajini) | покраїнох (pokrajinox) |
| vocative | покраїно (pokrajino) | покраїни (pokrajini) |
References
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “province”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 229