Дністер
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Дністер. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Дністер, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Дністер in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Дністер you have here. The definition of the word Дністер will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofДністер, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ), ultimately (compare Byzantine Greek Δάναστρις (Dánastris) and Late Latin Danaster) from Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu nazdya "the close river" (the Dniepr being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Дністе́р • (Dnistér) m inan (genitive Дністра́, uncountable, relational adjective дністро́вський)
- A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
Declension
Declension of Дністе́р (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-b reduc)
Derived terms
- Дністро́вець (Dnistróvecʹ)
- дністрове́цький (dnistrovécʹkyj)
- Дністро́вськ (Dnistróvsʹk)
- дністро́вський (dnistróvsʹkyj)
- Задні́стря (Zadnístrja)
- Придністро́в'я (Prydnistróvʺja)
- придністро́вський (prydnistróvsʹkyj)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “Дністер”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “Дністер”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)