Китай
See also: Кітай
Russian
Китай
Etymology
From Old East Slavic Китай (Kitaй), from a Turkic source, ultimately from Old Turkic Qïtaǰ (Qïtaǰ, “Khitan”), from Khitan [Term?] Khita(n), the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then Northern China, then Central Asia from the 9th to 13th centuries. Cognate with Kazakh Қытай (Qıtay), Kyrgyz Кытай (Kıtay), Karachay-Balkar Къытай (Qïtay), Uzbek Xitoy, Turkmen Hytaý (“China”) and Chinese 契丹, English Cathay, &c.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲɪˈtaj]
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Proper noun
Кита́й • (Kitáj) m inan (genitive Кита́я, nominative plural Кита́и, genitive plural Кита́ев)
Declension
Declension of Кита́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Кита́й Kitáj |
Кита́и Kitái |
| genitive | Кита́я Kitája |
Кита́ев Kitájev |
| dative | Кита́ю Kitáju |
Кита́ям Kitájam |
| accusative | Кита́й Kitáj |
Кита́и Kitái |
| instrumental | Кита́ем Kitájem |
Кита́ями Kitájami |
| prepositional | Кита́е Kitáje |
Кита́ях Kitájax |
Pre-reform declension of Кита́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Кита́й Kitáj |
Кита́и Kitái |
| genitive | Кита́я Kitája |
Кита́евъ Kitájev |
| dative | Кита́ю Kitáju |
Кита́ямъ Kitájam |
| accusative | Кита́й Kitáj |
Кита́и Kitái |
| instrumental | Кита́емъ Kitájem |
Кита́ями Kitájami |
| prepositional | Кита́ѣ Kitájě |
Кита́яхъ Kitájax |
Synonyms
- Поднебе́сная (Podnebésnaja)
Derived terms
- кита́ец (kitájec), китая́нка (kitajánka)
- китаеве́дение (kitajevédenije)
- кита́йский (kitájskij)
- Кита́йская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Kitájskaja Naródnaja Respúblika)
- Кита́йская Респу́блика (Kitájskaja Respúblika)
Ukrainian
Etymology
See Russian.
Declension
Declension of Кита́й
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Кита́й Kytáj |
| genitive | Кита́ю Kytáju |
| dative | Кита́ю, Кита́єві Kytáju, Kytájevi |
| accusative | Кита́й Kytáj |
| instrumental | Кита́єм Kytájem |
| locative | Кита́ї, Кита́ю Kytáji, Kytáju |
| vocative | Кита́ю Kytáju |
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