Енисей

See also: Енисеј and Энесей

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ەنيسەي
Cyrillic	Енисей
Latin	Enisei

Proper noun

Енисей • (Enisei)

1. Yenisei (a major river in Russia)

Russian

Etymology

Russified from Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Say, “mother river”), from эне (ene) + Сай (Say), or from Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi, “big water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪnʲɪˈsʲej]

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Proper noun

Енисе́й • (Jeniséj) m inan (genitive Енисе́я)

1. Yenisei (a major river in Russia)

Declension

Declension of Енисе́й (inan sg-only masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Енисе́й Jeniséj
genitive	Енисе́я Jeniséja
dative	Енисе́ю Jeniséju
accusative	Енисе́й Jeniséj
instrumental	Енисе́ем Jeniséjem
prepositional	Енисе́е Jeniséje

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᡳᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᡝᠰᡳᠶ᠋ᡝ (iniyesiye)

Yakut

Proper noun

Енисей • (YEnisey)

1. Yenisei (a major river in Russia)