Балтийское море
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Russian
Etymology
Балти́йское (Baltíjskoje, “Baltic”) + мо́ре (móre, “sea”), from Medieval Latin Mare Balticum; Latin being the standard language of medieval European cartography, understood by explorers and navigators across different vernacular tongues. Tradition holds that the name was coined by Adam of Bremen in 1075, deriving from Latin balteus (“belt”) due to the shape of the sea extending around the continent like a belt.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Балти́йское мо́ре • (Baltíjskoje móre) n inan (genitive Балти́йского мо́ря)
- Baltic Sea (a sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden)
- Synonym: Варя́жское море (Varjážskoje more)
Declension
Declension of Балти́йское мо́ре (inan sg-only neut-form soft-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Балти́йское мо́ре Baltíjskoje móre |
| genitive | Балти́йского мо́ря Baltíjskovo mórja |
| dative | Балти́йскому мо́рю Baltíjskomu mórju |
| accusative | Балти́йское мо́ре Baltíjskoje móre |
| instrumental | Балти́йским мо́рем Baltíjskim mórem |
| prepositional | Балти́йском мо́ре Baltíjskom móre |
Related terms
- балти́ец (baltíjec)
- балти́йский (baltíjskij)
- Ба́лтика (Báltika)
- Приба́лтика (Pribáltika)
- приба́лт (pribált)
- прибалти́йский (pribaltíjskij)