Днѣпръ
Old Ruthenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Днепръ (Dnepr), Днѣпрь (Dněprʹ), Dьnaprъ (Dʹnapr), Dniper, Днѣпро́ (Dněpró)
- Непрь (Neprʹ), Neper, Nieper, Niepor, Niper, Nyeper
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ. Cognate with Russian Днепр (Dnepr), Ancient Greek Δάναπρις (Dánapris).
Proper noun edit
Днѣпръ • (Dněpr) m inan
Descendants edit
- Belarusian: Дняпро́ (Dnjapró), Днепр (Dnjepr)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Днїпр (Dnjipr)
- Ukrainian: Дніпро́ (Dnipró); Дніпр (Dnipr) (archaic); Дні́пер (Dníper) (dialectal)
Further reading edit
- Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Дънѣпрь”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 55
Russian edit
Proper noun edit
Днѣпръ • (Dněpr) m inan (genitive Днѣпра́)
- Pre-1918 spelling of Дне́пр (Dnépr).
Declension edit
Pre-reform declension of Днѣпръ (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-b)