Ukrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/
ipa: /jʊ-/
ipa: /juˈkɹeɪ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Ukr.
Etymology: From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns).
Senses: examples: text: The Muſcovite, Novogrodian, and Ukrainian dialects, are the moſt uſed in Ruſſia, together with that of Archangel, which greatly reſembles the Siberian.
ref: 1762, George Sale et al., “Sect. III. Language, Learning, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce of Russia.”, in The Modern Part of An Universal History, From the Earliest Account of Time. […], volume XXXV, London: […] T[homas] Osborne, […], →OCLC, page 155:
text: The ukrainian peaſantry ſovv far more ſummer-grain, becauſe the vvinter-ſovving in their vvet and ſnovvleſs vvinters is apt to rot and ſo to render the harveſt doubtful, vvhich in the northern provinces is exactly the reverſe. Inſtead of the light hook-plough, they uſe the large heavy ukrainian plough, and for the horſe vvhich in Ruſſia is almoſt the only beaſt uſed for ploughing, here oxen are put to, of vvhich ſometimes eight are ſeen harneſſed to one plough.
ref: 1799, William Tooke, “Section IV. Agriculture.”, in View of the Russian Empire During the Reign of Catharine the Second and to the Close of the Present Century. […], volume III, London: […] T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […]; and J[ohn] Debrett, […], →OCLC, book X (Social State of the Inhabitants), page 263:
text: In fact, the publications of the Revolutionists which have been issued during the last three years abroad and from the secret press of St. Petersburg, present a rich source of information respecting the modern Revolutionary movement, but all these materials, being in the Russian or Ukrainian language, have scarcely contributed anything to the works written in other languages, and have remained for the most part unknown to Europe.
ref: 1883, Stepniak [i.e., Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky], “Preface”, in Underground Russia: Revolutionary Profiles and Sketches from Life […], New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page vii:
text: The 118-foot tree grew-on the southern Ukrainian island of Khortitsa, which lies in the middle of the Dnipro River and once was home to Ukraine's largest Cossack settlement.
ref: 1995 August 12, “700-year-old oak in Ukraine dies”, in The Times-News, volume 90, number 224, Twin Falls, Ida.: Times-News Pub. Co., →OCLC, page A-7, column 1:
text: From Moscow on August 1, we flew down to Kiev for a quick visit to Ukraine and a meeting with Leonid Kravchuk, chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet.
ref: 1998, George [Herbert Walker] Bush, Brent Scowcroft, “A House Divides”, in A World Transformed (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 515:
text: Everest saw a clutch of records on Thursday including the most summits for a woman and the first all-Black team – and a Ukrainian climber reached the top of the world for her war-torn country. […] The wave of summits also saw the only Ukrainian climber this season, Antonina Samoilova reach the top with her country's flag, her expedition company 14 Peaks Expedition confirmed.
ref: 2022 May 12, “Ukrainian summits Everest ‘for her people’ as records tumble”, in France 24, archived from the original on 12 May 2022:
text: Ukraine's president on Tuesday urged Washington to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism after a missile strike on a crowded shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk killed at least 18 people.
ref: 2022 June 28, “Kyiv asks US to Label Russia State Terror Sponsor as Mall Strike Toll Rises”, in EFE, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022:
text: My son, a Canada-based IT professional who often travels to Ukraine, told me about the exhilarating atmosphere on those Ukraine-bound trains, bringing home hundreds of the unwilling refugees, mostly women and children (including the babies, born in exile on the way to meet their Ukrainian fighter fathers for the first time). The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return.
ref: 2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 49:
glosses: Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.
Synonyms: word: Little Russian
word: Malo-Russian
word: Ruthenian
word: Ruthene
word: Ukie
word: Yukie
Derived terms: Jewkrainian
Russo-Ukrainian
Ukrainian American
Ukrainian-American
Ukrainian Catholic
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Ukrainian Christmas
Ukrainian Easter
Ukrainian Easter egg
Ukrainianism
Ukrainianize
Ukrainianness
Ukrainian Orthodox
Ukrainian Greek Orthodox
Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukrainian studies