Ки??в ? ( Kyjiv )  m

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine )

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian К??въ ( Kijev ) , from Old East Slavic К?евъ ( Kyjev? ) , of uncertain origin.

The traditional etymology is from the name of a legendary founder, Kyi . However, historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky warned that this was an “etymological myth”.

A proposal by linguist Jaroslav Rudnyckyj , accepted by several linguists and supported by multiple lines of evidence, holds that Ки?в ( Kyjiv ) comes rather from Proto-Slavic *kyjь ( “ stick, club, hammer ” ) (compare to Ukrainian кий ( kyj ) ), in that case meaning a settlement palisaded by poles. See also К?евъ ( Kyjev? ) .

• IPA ^{( key )} : [?k?jiu?]

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Ки??в ? ( Kyjiv )  m   inan ( genitive Ки??ва , uncountable , relational adjective ки??вський )

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine )

   у Ки??в? , у Ки??ву ― u Kyjevi , u Kyjevu ― in Kyiv

   у Ки??в , до Ки??ва ― u Kyjiv , do Kyjeva ― to Kyiv

   з Ки??ва ― z Kyjeva ― from Kyiv

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• “ Ки??в ”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
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