Волга

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɔɫɡa]

Proper noun

Волга • (Volgaf (relational adjective волшки)

  1. Volga (a major river in Russia, the longest river in Europe)

Russian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Slavic *vьlga, from Proto-Slavic *vьlgъkъ. and related to во́лглый (vólglyj, damp, humid), вла́га (vlága, moisture, humidity).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvoɫɡə]
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Proper noun

Во́лга • (Vólgaf inan (genitive Во́лги, nominative plural Во́лги, genitive plural Волг, relational adjective во́лжский)

  1. Volga (a major river in Russia, the longest river in Europe)
    • 1869, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть II. Глава I”, in Обрыв; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:
      Он не без смуще́ния зави́дел дымо́к, вью́щийся из труб родно́й кро́вли, ра́ннюю, не́жную зе́лень берёз и лип, осеня́ющих э́тот прию́т, черепи́чную кро́влю ста́рого до́ма и блесну́вшую ме́жду дере́вьев и опя́ть скры́вшуюся за ни́ми сере́бряную полосу́ Во́лги.
      On ne bez smuščénija zavídel dymók, vʹjúščijsja iz trub rodnój króvli, ránnjuju, néžnuju zélenʹ berjóz i lip, osenjájuščix étot prijút, čerepíčnuju króvlju stárovo dóma i blesnúvšuju méždu derévʹjev i opjátʹ skrývšujusja za ními serébrjanuju polosú Vólgi.
      It was with some emotion that he caught sight of the smoke curling from the chimneys of the roof under which he had been born, the early, tender green of the birches and lindens in leaf spreading over his haven, the brick roof of the old house, and a silvery strip of the Volga glittering through the trees – when it was not being hidden by them.
  2. Volga (mid-size Russian automobile often used as a taxi)
  3. Volga (Russian rocket upper stage)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Волга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋôːlɡa/
  • Hyphenation: Вол‧га

Proper noun

Во̑лга f (Latin spelling Vȏlga)

  1. Volga (a major river in Russia)

Declension