Дънѣпръ

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ. Cognate with Ancient Greek Δάναπρις (Dánapris).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʊˈneːprʊ/→/dʊˈnʲeːprʊ/→/ˈdnʲɛːpr/, /ˈdnʲeːpr/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʊˈneːprʊ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʊˈnʲeːprʊ/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈdnʲɛːpr/, /ˈdnʲeːpr/

Hyphenation: Дъ‧нѣ‧пръ

Proper noun

Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ) m

Dnieper (a river in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Дънѣпръ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Дънѣпръ Dŭněprŭ	— —	— —
Genitive	Дънѣпра Dŭněpra	— —	— —
Dative	Дънѣпру Dŭněpru	— —	— —
Accusative	Дънѣпръ Dŭněprŭ	— —	— —
Instrumental	Дънѣпръмь Dŭněprŭmĭ	— —	— —
Locative	Дънѣпрѣ Dŭněprě	— —	— —
Vocative	Дънѣпре Dŭněpre	— —	— —

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: Днѣпръ (Dněpr), Днѣпро́ (Dněpró)
- Belarusian: Дняпро́ (Dnjapró), Днепр (Dnjepr)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Днїпр (Dnjipr)
- Ukrainian: Дніпро́ (Dnipró); Дніпр (Dnipr) (archaic); Дні́пер (Dníper) (dialectal)
Russian: Днепр (Dnepr)

Further reading

Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Дънѣпрь”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 55

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