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/
- Hyphenation: Дъ‧нѣ‧стръ
Proper noun
Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ) m
- a river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
Declension
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| nominative | Дънѣстръ Dŭněstrŭ |
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| genitive | Дънѣстра Dŭněstra |
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| dative | Дънѣстру Dŭněstru |
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| accusative | Дънѣстръ Dŭněstrŭ |
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| instrumental | Дънѣстръмь Dŭněstrŭmĭ |
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| locative | Дънѣстрѣ Dŭněstrě |
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| vocative | Дънѣстре Dŭněstre |
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