Цареград

Ukrainian

Etymology

From цар (car, “emperor”) + Old Church Slavonic град (grad, “city”), probably calqued after Ancient Greek expression Βασιλέως Πόλις (Basiléōs Pólis, “the city of the emperor”). Compare Bulgarian Цариград (Carigrad), Macedonian Цариград (Carigrad), Serbo-Croatian Цариград.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sɐreˈɦrad]

Proper noun

Царегра́д • (Carehrád) m inan (genitive Царегра́да, uncountable, related adjective царегра́дський)

(obsolete, language of literature) Istanbul, Constantinople (the largest city in Turkey)
- “Хай живе вільна Україна [Long Live Free Ukraine]”‎:
  Як у Царегра́ді, сла́вних козаче́ньків / вра́жі бусурма́ни ві́шали на гак[...]
  Jak u Carehrádi, slávnyx kozačénʹkiv / vráži busurmány víšaly na hak[...]
  When in Instanbul, glorious Cossacks / were by devilish Muslims hung on a hook[...]

Declension

Declension of Царегра́д (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Царегра́д Carehrád
genitive	Царегра́да Carehráda
dative	Царегра́ду Carehrádu
accusative	Царегра́д Carehrád
instrumental	Царегра́дом Carehrádom
locative	Царегра́ду, Царегра́ді Carehrádu, Carehrádi
vocative	Царегра́де Carehráde

Synonyms

(historical): Константино́поль (Konstantynópolʹ)
(modern): Стамбу́л (Stambúl)

References

“Цареград”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)