капітан

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian капита́н (kapitán), from Polish kapitan, ultimately from Latin capitāneus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐpʲiˈtan]
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Noun

капіта́н • (kapitán) m pers (genitive капіта́на, nominative plural капіта́ни, genitive plural капіта́нів, relational adjective капіта́нський)

  1. captain

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “капітан”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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