Дунай

See also: дунай

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic Дунаи (Dunai), Доунаи (Dunai), 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): [dʊˈnaj]

Proper noun

Дуна́й • (Dunáj) m inan (genitive Дуна́я)

1. 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)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Дуна́й Dunáj
genitive	Дуна́я Dunája
dative	Дуна́ю Dunáju
accusative	Дуна́й Dunáj
instrumental	Дуна́ем Dunájem
prepositional	Дуна́е Dunáje

Related terms

• дуна́йский (dunájskij, “Danubian, Danubic”)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic Дунаи (Dunai), Дꙋнаи (Dunai), 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): [dʊˈnai̯]

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Proper noun

Дуна́й • (Dunáj) m inan (genitive Дуна́ю, uncountable)

1. 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)
   • Semen Klymovsky

     Ї́хав ко́зак за Дуна́й.

     Jíxav kózak za Dunáj.

     The Cossack rode beyond the Danube.

Declension

Declension of Дуна́й (inan sg-only j-stem masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Дуна́й Dunáj
genitive	Дуна́ю Dunáju
dative	Дуна́ю, Дуна́єві Dunáju, Dunájevi
accusative	Дуна́й Dunáj
instrumental	Дуна́єм Dunájem
locative	Дуна́ю, Дуна́ї Dunáju, Dunáji
vocative	Дуна́ю Dunáju