Дунав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Akin to Old Church Slavonic Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), Дѹнавъ (Dunavŭ), 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

  • IPA(key): [ˈdunəf]

Proper noun

Ду́нав (Dúnav) m

  1. Danube (the second-longest river in Europe, flowing through 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine)

Inflection

References

  • Дунав in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • Дунав in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

Macedonian

Etymology

Akin to Old Church Slavonic Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), Дѹнавъ (Dunavŭ), 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): [ˈdunaf]

Proper noun

Дунав (Dunav) m (related adjective дунавски)

  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)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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): /dǔnaʋ/
  • Hyphenation: Ду‧нав

Proper noun

Ду̀нав m (Latin spelling Dùnav)

  1. (uncountable) Danube

Declension

Anagrams

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