oblast
English edit
Etymology edit
From a Slavic language, probably Russian о́бласть (óblastʹ, “region, province”), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь, from earlier *obvolstь, *obvoldtь, a compound of *o(b)- (“over”) + *volstь (“rule, power, authority”), thus originally probably meaning "a region ruled over". Compare Proto-Slavic *obvoldati (“to rule”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oblast (plural oblasts or oblasti)
- A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.
- 1979, Jerry Fincher Hough, How the Soviet Union Is Governed, page 483:
- The territorial subdivision below the level of the union republic — or at least below the level of the larger union republics — is that of the oblast, the krai, or the autonomous republic. In 1977 there were 120 oblasts, 6 krais, and 20 autonomous republics, and they corresponded roughly to the American state in size.
- 2002, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Local Heroes: The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance, page 119:
- It is important to note, however, that the general pattern of Nizhnii Novgorod oblast at the top and Tiumen' and Yaroslavl' oblasts in the middle, with Saratov at the bottom, occurred too often across all indicators to assume that even those differences in means that were not significant at a .05 confidence level or better occurred merely by chance.
- 2010, Martha Brill Olcott, Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise, page 194:
- Almaty oblast (distinct from Almaty city) is the most rural of Kazakhstan's oblasts, at just 22.2 percent urban.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
region or province
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obolstь.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oblast f
- area (particular geographic region)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Czech oblast in the 19th century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ȍblāst f (Cyrillic spelling о̏бла̄ст)
Declension edit
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *obolstь.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oblȃst f
Inflection edit
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | oblást | ||
| gen. sing. | oblastí | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
oblást | oblastí | oblastí |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
oblastí | oblastí | oblastí |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
oblásti | oblastéma | oblastém |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
oblást | oblastí | oblastí |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
oblásti | oblastéh | oblastéh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
oblastjó | oblastéma | oblastmí |
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | oblást | ||
| gen. sing. | oblásti | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
oblást | oblásti | oblásti |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
oblásti | oblásti | oblásti |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
oblásti | oblástma | oblástim |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
oblást | oblásti | oblásti |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
oblásti | oblástih | oblástih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
oblástjo | oblástma | oblástmi |
Further reading edit
- “oblast”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
From Russian о́бласть (óblastʹ).
Noun edit
oblast (plural oblastlar)
Declension edit
Declension of oblast
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblast | oblastlar |
| genitive | oblastning | oblastlarning |
| dative | oblastga | oblastlarga |
| definite accusative | oblastni | oblastlarni |
| locative | oblastda | oblastlarda |
| ablative | oblastdan | oblastlardan |
Possessive forms of oblast