Дунав
Bulgarian
Etymology
Akin to Old Church Slavonic Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), 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
- IPA(key): [ˈdunɐf]
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Proper noun
Ду́нав • (Dúnav) m
- Danube (the second-longest river in Europe, flowing through 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine)
Inflection
singular | |
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indefinite | Ду́нав Dúnav |
definite (subject form) |
Ду́навът Dúnavǎt |
definite (object form) |
Ду́нава Dúnava |
vocative form | Ду́наве Dúnave |
References
- “Дунав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “Дунав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Akin to Old Church Slavonic Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь, from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin 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
- IPA(key): [ˈdunaf]
Proper noun
Дунав • (Dunav) m (relational adjective дунавски)
- 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)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь, from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin 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
- IPA(key): /dǔnaʋ/
- Hyphenation: Ду‧нав
Proper noun
Ду̀нав m inan (Latin spelling Dùnav)
- (uncountable) Danube
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | Дунав |
genitive | Дунава |
dative | Дунаву |
accusative | Дунав |
vocative | Дунаве |
locative | Дунаву |
instrumental | Дунавом |