Dunaj

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь, from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin 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

Dunaj m inan

  1. Danube

Declension

Further reading

  • Dunaj in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Dunaj in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь, from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.naj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -unaj
  • Syllabification: Du‧naj

Proper noun

Dunaj m inan

  1. Danube (a major river in Europe, flowing through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine)

Declension

Further reading

  • Dunaj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Dunaj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь, from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin 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

Dunaj m inan (genitive singular Dunaja, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. Danube

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Dunaj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Dunavь (Danube), from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin 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). Doublet of Donava.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dúnaj m inan

  1. Vienna (the capital city of Austria)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative Dúnaj
genitive Dúnaja
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Dúnaj
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Dúnaja
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Dúnaju
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Dúnaj
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Dúnaju
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Dúnajem

Further reading

  • Dunaj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran