Дунай

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Russian

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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

Proper noun

Дуна́й (Dunájm 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)

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Ukrainian

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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).

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Proper noun

Дуна́й (Dunájm 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