Дунай

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic دۋناي
Cyrillic Дунай
Latin Dunai
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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Дунай (Dunaj), 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”).

Proper noun

Дунай • (Dunai)

  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)

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 • (Dunáj) m 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)

Declension

Declension of Дуна́й (inan sg-only masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Дуна́й
Dunáj
genitive Дуна́я
Dunája
dative Дуна́ю
Dunáju
accusative Дуна́й
Dunáj
instrumental Дуна́ем
Dunájem
prepositional Дуна́е
Dunáje

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”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Дуна́й • (Dunáj) m 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

Declension of Дуна́й (inan sg-only j-stem masc-form accent-a)
singular
nominative Дуна́й
Dunáj
genitive Дуна́ю
Dunáju
dative Дуна́ю, Дуна́єві
Dunáju, Dunájevi
accusative Дуна́й
Dunáj
instrumental Дуна́єм
Dunájem
locative Дуна́ю, Дуна́ї
Dunáju, Dunáji
vocative Дуна́ю
Dunáju
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