Besarábie
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian Basarabia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛsaraːbɪjɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɪjɛ
- Hyphenation: Be‧sa‧rá‧bie
Proper noun
Besarábie f (relational adjective besarabský, demonym Besarábec, female demonym Besarábka)
- (historical) Bessarabia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine)
Declension
Declension of Besarábie (sg-only soft feminine)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Besarábie |
| genitive | Besarábie |
| dative | Besarábii |
| accusative | Besarábii |
| vocative | Besarábie |
| locative | Besarábii |
| instrumental | Besarábií |
Further reading
- “Besarábie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Besarábie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025