Донец

See also: донец

Russian

Etymology

Of Iranian origin, related to the Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) origin of the river Dniester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɐˈnʲet͡s]

Proper noun

Доне́ц • (Donéc) m inan (genitive Донца́, relational adjective доне́цкий)

1. one of several rivers in Eastern Europe, including but not limited to:
   1. Donets (a river, the Seversky Donets, which flows through Russia and Ukraine into the Don River)

      Synonym: Се́верский Доне́ц (Séverskij Donéc)

Declension

Declension of Доне́ц (inan sg-only masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular
nominative	Доне́ц Donéc
genitive	Донца́ Doncá
dative	Донцу́ Doncú
accusative	Доне́ц Donéc
instrumental	Донцо́м Doncóm
prepositional	Донце́ Doncé

References

• 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
• Абаев В. И. Осетинский язык и фольклор (Ossetian language and folklore). Moscow: Publishing house of Soviet Academy of Sciences, 1949. P. 236