Дънѣстръ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu nazdya "the close river" (the Dnieper being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʊˈneːstrʊ/→/dʊˈnʲeːstrʊ/→/ˈdnʲeːstr/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʊˈneːstrʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʊˈnʲeːstrʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈdnʲeːstr/

• Hyphenation: Дъ‧нѣ‧стръ

Proper noun

Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ) m

1. # A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.

Declension

Declension of Дънѣстръ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Дънѣстръ Dŭněstrŭ	— —	— —
Genitive	Дънѣстра Dŭněstra	— —	— —
Dative	Дънѣстру Dŭněstru	— —	— —
Accusative	Дънѣстръ Dŭněstrŭ	— —	— —
Instrumental	Дънѣстръмь Dŭněstrŭmĭ	— —	— —
Locative	Дънѣстрѣ Dŭněstrě	— —	— —
Vocative	Дънѣстре Dŭněstre	— —	— —

Descendants

• Russian: Днестр (Dnestr)