Hvítarussland
See also: Hvíta-Rússland
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hvíta (“white”) + Russland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Swedish Vitryssland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hvítarussland n
- Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
Declension
[edit]| n8 -land | Singular |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Hvítarussland |
| Accusative | |
| Dative | Hvítarusslandi |
| Genitive | Hvítarusslands |