Запоріжжя
Ukrainian
Etymology
Morphologically за- (za-, postessive prefix) + порі́г- (poríh-, stem of accusative поро́ги m inan pl (poróhy, “the Rapids”)) + -жя n inan sg (-žja, suffix). Compare Надпорі́жжя (Nadporížžja) and Припорі́жжя (Pryporížžja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɐpoˈrʲiʒʲːɐ]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Запорі́жжя • (Zaporížžja) n inan (genitive Запорі́жжя, uncountable, relational adjective запорі́зький or запоро́зький)
- Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)
- Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)
- (colloquial) Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia; in full, Запорі́зька о́бласть (Zaporízʹka óblastʹ, “Zaporizhzhia Oblast”))
- (historical) Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Bobrovytsia Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Borzna Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Mahdalynivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Petropavlivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Piatykhatky Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Shyroke Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Velyka Novosilka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Velyka Lepetykha Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Velyka Oleksandrivka Raion, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Pology Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)
- Zaporizhzhia (a village in Vesele Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja |
| genitive | Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja |
| dative | Запорі́жжю Zaporížžju |
| accusative | Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja |
| instrumental | Запорі́жжям Zaporížžjam |
| locative | Запорі́жжі Zaporížži |
| vocative | Запорі́жжя Zaporížžja |
Descendants
- → Chinese: 扎波里日亞 (Zhɑ̄bōlǐrìyà) (transliteration)
- → English: Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhya
- ⇒ English: Zaporizhia
- → French: Zaporijia, Zaporijjia
- → Portuguese: Zaporíjia
- → Turkish: Zaporija
Further reading
- Запоріжжя on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia uk
- Запоріжжя (Синельниківський район) on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia uk
- “Запоріжжя”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)