Залесье
Russian
Etymology
From за (za) and лес (les, “forest”). The original sense referred to the forests around the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, a predecessor of the Tsardom of Moscow and modern Russia.
Sense 2 refers to Russia's forests and Moscow's position from Ukraine in the perspective of a Ukrainian.[1] [2] Compare Ukrainian Залі́сся (Zalíssja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɐˈlʲesʲje]
Proper noun
Зале́сье • (Zalésʹje) n inan (genitive Зале́сья)
- (historical) A historical region of Russia located near Moscow.
- (slang, derogatory, neologism, by extension) Russia.
Declension
Declension of Зале́сье (inan sg-only neut-form vowel-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Зале́сье Zalésʹje |
| genitive | Зале́сья Zalésʹja |
| dative | Зале́сью Zalésʹju |
| accusative | Зале́сье Zalésʹje |
| instrumental | Зале́сьем Zalésʹjem |
| prepositional | Зале́сье Zalésʹje |
Synonyms
- Залесская Русь (Zalesskaja Rusʹ)
Derived terms
- Зале́сский (Zalésskij)
References
- ^ After RF Disintegrates, New Russian State Must Arise where Central Federal District is Now and without Moscow as Its Capital, Lazarenko Says, Window on Eurasia 2.
- ^ «Российская империя постоянно уменьшается, и очень быстро». Как идеолог проекта «Великороссии» представляет себе постимперское будущее России, Republic.ru.