Голодомор

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Голодомо́р (Holodomór), derived from Ukrainian мори́ти го́лодом (morýty hólodom, to kill by starvation). Compare го́лод (gólod, hunger) and мор (mor, plague, pestilence), мори́ть (morítʹ, to kill, to exterminate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəɫədɐˈmor]

Proper noun

Голодомо́р • (Golodomór) m inan (genitive Голодомо́ра)

  1. Holodomor (Ukrainian famine of 1932-33)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From мори́ти го́лодом (morýty hólodom, to kill by starvation). Compare Czech hladomor and Polish głodomór.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɦɔɫɔdɔˈmɔr]

Proper noun

Голодомо́р • (Holodomór) m inan (genitive Голодомо́ру, uncountable)

  1. Holodomor (Ukrainian famine of 1932-33)

Declension

References

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