Волга
Macedonian edit
Pronunciation edit
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Russian edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Slavic *vьlga and related to во́лглый (vólglyj, “damp, humid”), вла́га (vlága).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Во́лга • (Vólga) f inan (genitive Во́лги, nominative plural Во́лги, genitive plural Волг, relational adjective во́лжский)
- Volga (a major river in Russia, the longest river in Europe)
- Volga (mid-size Russian automobile often used as a taxi)
Declension edit
Declension of Во́лга (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a)
Related terms edit
- волжа́нин (volžánin), волжа́нка (volžánka)
- во́лжский (vólžskij)
- Пово́лжье (Povólžʹje)
- Волгогра́д (Volgográd)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Волга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading edit
- Blažek, Václav (2021) “Volha — řeka sedmi jmen [Volga — the river of seven names]”, in Linguistica Brunensia, volume 69, number 1, 7 Volga, page 17
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Во̑лга f (Latin spelling Vȏlga)