Днепр
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Днѣпръ (Dněpr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ, from Scythian/Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu apara "the far river" or *Dānapr (“the deep river”), the first element being from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”).
Compare with Днестр (Dnestr), whose name probably means "the close river."
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Днепр • (Dnepr) m inan (genitive Днепра́)
Declension edit
Declension of Днепр (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-b)
Derived terms edit
- Днепропетро́вск (Dnepropetróvsk)
- Дне́продзержи́нск (Dnéprodzeržínsk)
References edit
- Mallory, J.P. and Victor H. Mair. The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames and Hudson, 2000. p. 106
- Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I][1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 236