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Bulgarian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stornà (side, land); morphologically from стор (stor, spread, extension) (obsolete, archaic) + -на (-na).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [strɐˈna]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -na

Noun

страна́ (straná) f (relational adjective стра́нен)

  1. side, facet
    Synonyms: край (kraj), (archaic) пола́ (polá)
    от една́ страна́ ..., от дру́га страна́ ...
    ot edná straná ..., ot drúga straná ...
    on the one hand ..., on the other hand ...
    (literally, “from one side ..., from another side ...”)
    оста́вам/стоя́ на страна́ (от)
    ostávam/stojá na straná (ot)
    to remain/to stay aside (from), to remain impartial (to)
    о́пака страна́ópaka stranáopposite, inverse side/face
    на отсре́щната страна́na otsréštnata stranáon the opposite side
  2. direction, orientation (including cardinal direction)
    Synonyms: посо́ка (posóka), направле́ние (napravlénie)
    зави́вам на дру́га страна́zavívam na drúga stranáto turn in another direction
    и́зточна страна́íztočna stranáeast orientation
  3. country, land, region
    ро́дна страна́ródna stranáhomeland
    разви́та страна́razvíta stranádeveloped country
    бли́зки и дале́чни страни́blízki i daléčni stranínear and far countries
  4. (figurative) viewpoint, perspective, angle
    Synonyms: гле́дище (glédište), стано́вище (stanóvište)
    от страна́ наot straná nafrom the point of view of
  5. (figurative) side, aspect, nuance (of character, personality)
    Synonyms: осо́беност (osóbenost), аспе́кт (aspékt)
    скри́та страна́ на не́чий хара́ктерskríta straná na néčij haráktera hidden side of someone's character
  6. (colloquial) cheek (any of the two sides of the face)
    Synonym: бу́за (búza)

Declension

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1Archaic.

Derived terms

References

  • страна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • страна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • страна in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
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Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stornà (side, land).

Pronunciation

Noun

страна (strana) f (plural страни, relational adjective страничен)

  1. side
  2. (colloquial) page

Declension

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *storna.

Noun

страна (strana) f

  1. side
  2. country, region
    • from the Life of Constantine:
      оучителѧ не имамъ таковаго, иже бꙑ нꙑ въ свои ꙗзꙑкъ истоую вѣроу христꙇаньскоую сказалъ, да бꙑша и инꙑ странꙑ того зрѧще подобилисѧ намъ.
      učitelę ne imamŭ takovago, iže by ny vŭ svoi jazykŭ istuju věru xristianĭskuju skazalŭ, da byša i iny strany togo zręšte podobilisę namŭ.
      we have no such teacher who would explain the true Christian faith to us in our own tongue, so that even the countries here, seeing this, might emulate us.

Declension

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Derived terms

  • вашестранъ (vašestranŭ)
  • иностраньникъ (inostranĭnikŭ)
  • иностраньнъ (inostranĭnŭ)
  • иностраньньць (inostranĭnĭcĭ)
  • любострание (ljubostranije)
  • любостраньниѥ (ljubostranĭnije)
  • любостраньнъ (ljubostranĭnŭ)
  • нашестранъ (našestranŭ)
  • обѣстраньнъ (oběstranĭnŭ)
  • пострань (postranĭ)
  • пристранъ (pristranŭ)
  • пристраньнь (pristranĭnĭ)
  • пристраньство (pristranĭstvo)
  • пространити (prostraniti)
  • пространъ (prostranŭ)
  • пространьнъ (prostranĭnŭ)
  • пространьство (prostranĭstvo)
  • пространꙗти (prostranjati)
  • прѣстрана (prěstrana)
  • прѣстранити (prěstraniti)
  • прѣстранꙗти (prěstranjati)
  • равьностраньнъ (ravĭnostranĭnŭ)
  • распространити (rasprostraniti)
  • распространꙗти (rasprostranjati)
  • распространѥниѥ (rasprostranjenije)
  • странити (straniti)
  • страница (stranica)
  • страньникъ (stranĭnikŭ)
  • страньно (stranĭno)
  • страньнолюбивъ (stranĭnoljubivŭ)
  • страньнолюбица (stranĭnoljubica)
  • страньнолюбиѥ (stranĭnoljubije)
  • страньнолюбьство (stranĭnoljubĭstvo)
  • страньнолюбьць (stranĭnoljubĭcĭ)
  • страньноприималиште (stranĭnopriimalište)
  • страньноприимьство (stranĭnopriimĭstvo)
  • страньноприимьць (stranĭnopriimĭcĭ)
  • страньноприѧтие (stranĭnoprijętije)
  • страньноприѩти (stranĭnoprijęti)
  • страньноприѩтьнъ (stranĭnoprijętĭnŭ)
  • страньнооубииць (stranĭnoubiicĭ)
  • страньнъ (stranĭnŭ)
  • страньствовати (stranĭstvovati)
  • тоуждестраньствиѥ (tuždestranĭstvije)
  • тоуждестраньство (tuždestranĭstvo)
  • тоуждестраньствовати (tuždestranĭstvovati)
  • оустранити (ustraniti)
  • оустранꙗти (ustranjati)
  • оустранѥниѥ (ustranjenije)

Descendants

  • Old East Slavic: страна (strana)
    • Russian: страна́ (straná)

References

  • Miklosich, Franz (1850), Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti, Vienna
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка, София
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Old East Slavic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic страна (strana), from Proto-Slavic *storna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strɑˈnɑ//straˈna//straˈna/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /strɑˈnɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /straˈna/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /straˈna/

  • Hyphenation: стра‧на

Noun

страна (strana) f

  1. side
  2. shore
  3. part
  4. land, country
    • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex, page 2:
      Афету же ꙗшас полунощнꙑꙗ странꙑ и ꙁападнꙑꙗ.
      Afetu že jašas polunoščnyja strany i zapadnyja.
      And Japheth was given the northern lands and the western.
  5. folk, people
  6. side (in a dispute or war)

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “страна”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 535

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak strana, from Proto-Slavic *storna. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn сторона́ (storoná) and Slovak strana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstrana]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: стра‧на

Noun

страна (strana) f

  1. side
    Synonym: бок (bok)
    страна шветаstrana švetaside of the world
  2. (geometry) side
    страна троугелнїкаstrana trouhelnjikaside of a triangle

Declension

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adjectives
  • вецейстранови (vecejstranovi)
nouns

References

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic страна (strana), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic страна (strana), from Proto-Slavic *storna. Compare the regular East-Slavic reflex with pleophony сторона́ (storoná).

Pronunciation

Noun

страна́ (straná) f inan (genitive страны́, nominative plural стра́ны, genitive plural стран, relational adjective страново́й)

  1. country
  2. region
    четы́ре страны́ све́таčetýre straný svétathe four cardinal points

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “страна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сторона”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “сторона”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 206
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *storna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

стра́на f (Latin spelling strána)

  1. side
  2. page (of a book)
    Synonym: стра̀ница

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Further reading

  • страна”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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