Харків

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

Ха́рьків (Xárʹkiv) — obsolete

Etymology

The city is named after the Kharkiv River. A folk etymology says the city and river are named after a Cossack called Харко́ (Xarkó), from Харько́ (Xarʹkó), from Greek Χαρίτων (Charíton), but there is no hard evidence supporting this.

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈxarkʲiu̯]
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Proper noun

Ха́рків • (Xárkiv) m inan (genitive Ха́ркова, uncountable, relational adjective ха́рківський)

Kharkiv (a city, the administrative center of Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine)
у Ха́ркові, у Ха́ркову ― u Xárkovi, u Xárkovu ― in Kharkiv

у Ха́рків, до Ха́ркова ― u Xárkiv, do Xárkova ― to Kharkiv

з Ха́ркова ― z Xárkova ― from Kharkiv

Declension

Declension of Ха́рків (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a і-о)

	singular
nominative	Ха́рків Xárkiv
genitive	Ха́ркова Xárkova
dative	Ха́ркову Xárkovu
accusative	Ха́рків Xárkiv
instrumental	Ха́рковом Xárkovom
locative	Ха́ркову, Ха́ркові Xárkovu, Xárkovi
vocative	Ха́ркове Xárkove

Derived terms

ха́рківець (xárkivecʹ)
ха́рківка (xárkivka)
Ха́рківська о́бласть (Xárkivsʹka óblastʹ)
ха́рківський (xárkivsʹkyj)
Ха́рківщина (Xárkivščyna)
харків'я́нин (xarkivʺjányn)
харків'я́нка (xarkivʺjánka)

Descendants

→ English: Kharkiv
→ German: Charkiw
→ Portuguese: Carquive

References

“Харків”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
“Харків”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)

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