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"Ridna" vs. "Ridnya"
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Posted by: Raspberry

Upon reading some titles of songs from a Ukrainian CD, I noticed that one song has "Ridna" in the title, while the other has "Ridnya".

I can find "Ridnya" which means "relatives", in my Ukrainian dictionary, but I was unable to find "Ridna" there. Variation of the same word? Or totally different meanings?

Posted by: stevo

Could it be the feminine form of the word meaning "native"? (Possibly ridni, not sure.) There's a Verka Serduchka song with the line "Ukrainy ridna doch'", i.e. native daughter of the Ukraine.

Posted by: Jill

"Ridna" is feminine form of the word for "native" (as in native country, native language, etc). It's the same as Russian "rodnaya" if that helps.

Posted by: Raspberry

Thanks for explaining that, Jill.

Posted by: stevo

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