Донец
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See also: донец
Russian
Etymology
Of Iranian origin, related to the Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) origin of the river Dniester.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Доне́ц • (Donéc) m inan (genitive Донца́, relational adjective доне́цкий)
- one of several rivers in Eastern Europe, including but not limited to:
- Donets (a river, the Seversky Donets, which flows through Russia and Ukraine into the Don River)
- Synonym: Се́верский Доне́ц (Séverskij Donéc)
- Donets (a river, the Seversky Donets, which flows through Russia and Ukraine into the Don River)
Declension
Declension of Доне́ц (inan sg-only masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc)
References
- Mallory, J.P. and Victor H. Mair. The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames and Hudson, 2000. p. 106
- Абаев В. И. Осетинский язык и фольклор (Ossetian language and folklore). Moscow: Publishing house of Soviet Academy of Sciences, 1949. P. 236