Воронеж
Russian
Alternative forms
- Воро́нежъ (Vorónež) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic Воронажь (Voronažĭ), Воронѧжь (Voronęžĭ), Воронежь (Voronežĭ). Vasmer connects with вороно́й (voronój, “black”) and compares with Воронега (Voronega), a river flowing into Lake Ladoga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vɐˈronʲɪʂ]
Proper noun
Воро́неж • (Vorónež) m inan (genitive Воро́нежа, related adjective воро́нежский)
- Voronezh (an oblast of Russia)
- Voronezh (a city, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast, Russia)
- бомби́ть Воро́неж (idiom, neologism, politics) ― bombítʹ Vorónež ― to harm oneself more when trying to harm the other party, e.g. with countersanctions (literally, “to bomb Voronezh”)
- Voronezh (a left tributary of the Don in Tambov Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast and Voronezh Oblast, Russia)
Declension
Declension of Воро́неж (inan sg-only masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Воро́неж Vorónež |
| genitive | Воро́нежа Voróneža |
| dative | Воро́нежу Vorónežu |
| accusative | Воро́неж Vorónež |
| instrumental | Воро́нежем Vorónežem |
| prepositional | Воро́неже Voróneže |
Related terms
- воро́нежец (vorónežec), воро́нежка (vorónežka)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “Воронеж”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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