Дунай
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic Дунаи (Dunai), Доунаи (Dunai), from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь, from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Danubius), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Дуна́й • (Dunáj) m inan (genitive Дуна́я)
- Danube (The Danube (or the Danube River) is a river that flows along its course through 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine; the second-longest river in Europe)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- дуна́йский (dunájskij, “Danubian, Danubic”)
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old East Slavic Дунаи (Dunai), Дꙋнаи (Dunai), from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь, from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Danubius), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Дуна́й • (Dunáj) m inan (genitive Дуна́ю, uncountable)
- Danube (The Danube (or the Danube River) is a river that flows along its course through 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine; the second-longest river in Europe)
- Semen Klymovsky
- Ї́хав ко́зак за Дуна́й.
- Jíxav kózak za Dunáj.
- The Cossack rode beyond the Danube.
- Semen Klymovsky