хуртовина

Ukrainian

Etymology

From earlier хурту́на (xurtúna), from фурту́на (furtúna) (change in initial phoneme possibly influenced by Turkic), from Greek φουρτούνα (fourtoúna), from Italian fortuna (di mare), from Latin fortūna.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xʊrtɔˈʋɪnɐ]
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Noun

хуртови́на • (xurtovýna) f inan (genitive хуртови́ни, nominative plural хуртови́ни, genitive plural хуртови́н, relational adjective хуртови́нний)

  1. snowstorm, blizzard
    Synonyms: завірю́ха f (zavirjúxa), заметі́ль f (zametílʹ), мете́лиця f (metélycja), меті́ль f (metílʹ)
  2. storm, tempest
    Synonym: бу́ря f (búrja)
    зимо́ва́ хуртови́наzymóvá xurtovýnawinter storm

Declension

References

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

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