Дънѣстръ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Old Ossetic *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. 9th CE) IPA(key): /dʊˈneːstrʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /dʊˈnʲeːstrʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈdnʲeːstr/

  • Hyphenation: Дъ‧нѣ‧стръ

Proper noun

Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭm

  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)
  • Ukrainian: Дністер (Dnister)
  • Romanian: Nistru