Царгород
Ukrainian
Etymology
From цар (car, “emperor”) + город (horod, “city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”). Compare Bulgarian Цариград (Carigrad), Macedonian Цариград (Carigrad), Serbo-Croatian Цариград.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sarɦɔrɔd]
Proper noun
Ца́ргород • (Cárhorod) m inan (genitive Ца́ргорода, uncountable, relational adjective ца́ргородський)
- (obsolete, language of literature) Istanbul, Constantinople (the largest city in Turkey)
Declension
Declension of Ца́ргород (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ца́ргород Cárhorod |
| genitive | Ца́ргорода Cárhoroda |
| dative | Ца́ргороду Cárhorodu |
| accusative | Ца́ргород Cárhorod |
| instrumental | Ца́ргородом Cárhorodom |
| locative | Ца́ргороду, Ца́ргороді Cárhorodu, Cárhorodi |
| vocative | Ца́ргороде Cárhorode |
Synonyms
- (historical): Константино́поль (Konstantynópolʹ)
- (modern): Стамбу́л (Stambúl)
References
- “Царгород”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
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