Parts of speech
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сонце gen. сонця - sun, sunshine |
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сонечко gen. сонечка - sun (diminutive) |
Adjectives |
сонячний - relating to the sun, sunny |
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Adverbs |
сонячно - (it's) sunny |
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Useful compounds |
сонячний годинник - sundial сонячний удар - sunstroke світить сонце - the sun is shining припікає сонце - the sun is burning hot схід сонця - sunrise захід сонця - sunset сонцепоклонник - sun worshipper сонцестояння - solstice сонячна система - solar system сонячна енергетика - solar energy (production) |
Additional information
1. 'солярний' is sometimes used as an adjective relating to the sun, for example 'солярні знаки' - solar signs, 'солярні панелі' - solar panels etc.
2. 'Соняшні (сонячні) кларнети' - 'Clarinets of the Sun' was the first collection of poems by Pavlo Tychyna, published in Kyiv in 1918
3. 'Сонячна машина' - 'The Solar Machine' (1921-24) by Volodymyr Vynnychenko was a utopian fantasy novel which was widely read and discussed at the time.
Related words
соняшник - sunflower (flower, seeds)