Hercegovina
See also: Hercegovinā
English
Proper noun
Hercegovina
- Alternative spelling of Herzegovina: A historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Derived terms
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ər.sə.ɣuˈβi.nə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ər.sə.ɣuˈvi.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [eɾ.se.ɣoˈvi.na]
Proper noun
Hercegovina f
- Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Derived terms
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Hercegovina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrt͡sɛɡovɪna]
Proper noun
Hercegovina f (relational adjective hercegovský, demonym Hercegovec, female demonym Hercegovka)
- Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
Declension of Hercegovina (sg-only hard feminine)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hercegovina |
| genitive | Hercegoviny |
| dative | Hercegovině |
| accusative | Hercegovinu |
| vocative | Hercegovino |
| locative | Hercegovině |
| instrumental | Hercegovinou |
Related terms
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Hèrcegovina / Хѐрцеговина,[1] from hèrceg (“herceg”) (from Hungarian herceg (“duke”)) + -ov (possessive suffix) + -ina (feminine suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɛrt͡sɛɡovinɒ]
- Hyphenation: Her‧ce‧go‧vi‧na
- Rhymes: -nɒ
Proper noun
Hercegovina
- Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hercegovina | — |
| accusative | Hercegovinát | — |
| dative | Hercegovinának | — |
| instrumental | Hercegovinával | — |
| causal-final | Hercegovináért | — |
| translative | Hercegovinává | — |
| terminative | Hercegovináig | — |
| essive-formal | Hercegovinaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Hercegovinában | — |
| superessive | Hercegovinán | — |
| adessive | Hercegovinánál | — |
| illative | Hercegovinába | — |
| sublative | Hercegovinára | — |
| allative | Hercegovinához | — |
| elative | Hercegovinából | — |
| delative | Hercegovináról | — |
| ablative | Hercegovinától | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Hercegovináé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Hercegovináéi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Hercegovinám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Hercegovinád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Hercegovinája | — |
| 1st person plural | Hercegovinánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Hercegovinátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Hercegovinájuk | — |
Derived terms
- hercegovinai
Compound words
References
- ^ Lajos Kiss (Q1111850). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (’An Etymological Dictionary of Geographical Names / Toponyms’). Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1980, page 271–272. →ISBN
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Херцеговина (Hercegovina), itself from German Herzog (“duke”), with a Slavic adjectival ending -(o)vina, referring to the medieval duchy of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, who took the title of Herceg (= Herzog, Duke) of Saint Sava in 1419.
Pronunciation
- (without vowel harmony) IPA(key): [hertseɡɔvina]
Audio: (file) - (with vowel harmony) IPA(key): [hærtsæɡɔvina]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Hercegovina f (4th declension)
- Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hercegovina | — |
| genitive | Hercegovinas | — |
| dative | Hercegovinai | — |
| accusative | Hercegovinu | — |
| instrumental | Hercegovinu | — |
| locative | Hercegovinā | — |
| vocative | Hercegovina | — |
Derived terms
See also
- historical regions in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnija
- Hercegovina
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Hercegovina f
- Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Related terms
- hercegovinietis m, hercegovinietė f
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Derived from the title herceg (“duke”), from German Herzog, plus the Serbo-Croatian suffixes -ov and -ina, thus “Land of the Duke”. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xěrt͡seɡoʋina/
- Homophone: hercegovina
- Hyphenation: Her‧ce‧go‧vi‧na
Proper noun
Hèrcegovina f (Cyrillic spelling Хѐрцеговина)
- Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
Declension of Hercegovina
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hercegovina |
| genitive | Hercegovine |
| dative | Hercegovini |
| accusative | Hercegovinu |
| vocative | Hercegovino |
| locative | Hercegovini |
| instrumental | Hercegovinom |
Descendants
Descendants in other languages
- → Armenian: Հերցեգովինա (Hercʻegovina)
- → Azerbaijani: Herseqovina
- → Belarusian: Герцагаві́на (Hjercahavína)
- → Bulgarian: Херцего́вина (Hercegóvina)
- → Catalan: Hercegovina
- → Chinese:
- → Czech: Hercegovina
- → English: Herzegovina, Herzegowina, Hercegovina
- → Esperanto: Hercegovino
- → Faroese: Hersegovina
- → Finnish: Hertsegovina
- → French: Herzégovine
- → German: Herzegowina
- → Icelandic: Hersegóvína
- → Irish: Heirseagaivéin
- → Italian: Erzegovina
- → Japanese: ヘルツェゴヴィナ (Herutsegovina)
- → Korean: 헤르체고비나 (hereuchegobina)
- → Latvian: Hercegovina
- → Lithuanian: Hercegovina
- → Macedonian: Херцеговина (Hercegovina)
- → Ottoman Turkish: هرسك (Hersek)
- → Polish: Hercegowina
- → Portuguese: Herzegovina
- → Russian: Герцегови́на (Gercegovína)
- → Slovak: Hercegovina
- → Slovene: Hercegovína
- → Spanish: Herzegovina
- → Swedish: Hercegovina
- → Turkish: Hersek
- → Ukrainian: Герцегови́на (Hercehovýna), Герцеґови́на (Hercegovýna)
- → Welsh: Hertsegofina
- → Yiddish: הערצעגאָווינע (hertsegovine)
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɛrt͡sɛɡɔʋìːna/
Proper noun
Hercegovína f
- Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hercegovína | |
| genitive | Hercegovíne | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Hercegovína | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Hercegovíne | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
Hercegovíni | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Hercegovíno | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Hercegovíni | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Hercegovíno | |
Derived terms
Related terms
- Hercegôvec / Hercegôvka
- hercegôvski