меншина

Inherited from Old Slovak menšina. By surface analysis, менши (menši) +‎ -ина (-ina).

• IPA^(key): [mɛɲˈʃina]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: мен‧ши‧на

меншина (menšina) f (related adjective меншински)

1. minority

   Synonym: миноритет (minoritet)

   Antonym: векшина (vekšina)

   национална меншина ― nacionalna menšina ― national minority; ethnic minority

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “меншина”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “minority”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 179

From ме́нший (ménšyj) +‎ -и́на (-ýna).

• IPA^(key): [menˈʃɪnɐ]

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менши́на • (menšýna) f inan (genitive менши́ни, nominative plural менши́ни, genitive plural менши́н)

1. minority (group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live)

   Hypernym: ме́ншість f (ménšistʹ)

   Уго́рська менши́на живе́ в Закарпа́тській о́бласті. ― Uhórsʹka menšýna žyvé v Zakarpátsʹkij óblasti. ― A Hungarian minority lives in the Transcarpathian Oblast.

• ме́ншість is the generic term for any kind of minority, whereas refers more narrowly to a minority group with a distinctive ethnic, linguistic, religious or cultural identity.

• націона́льна менши́на f (nacionálʹna menšýna, “ethnic minority”)

• “меншина”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “меншина”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “меншина”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)