Дънѣстръ

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Old Ossetic *dānu nazdya (“the close river”) (the Dnieper being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʊˈneːstrʊ/→/dʊˈnʲeːstrʊ/→/ˈdnʲeːstr/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʊˈneːstrʊ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /dʊˈnʲeːstrʊ/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈdnʲeːstr/

Hyphenation: Дъ‧нѣ‧стръ

Proper noun

Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ) m

a river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.

Declension

Declension of Дънѣстръ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Дънѣстръ Dŭněstrŭ	— —	— —
genitive	Дънѣстра Dŭněstra	— —	— —
dative	Дънѣстру Dŭněstru	— —	— —
accusative	Дънѣстръ Dŭněstrŭ	— —	— —
instrumental	Дънѣстръмь Dŭněstrŭmĭ	— —	— —
locative	Дънѣстрѣ Dŭněstrě	— —	— —
vocative	Дънѣстре Dŭněstre	— —	— —

Descendants

Russian: Днестр (Dnestr)

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