Днѣпръ

Old Ruthenian

Днѣпръ

Alternative forms

Днепръ, Днѣпрь, Dьnaprъ, Dniper, Днѣпро́
Непрь, Neper, Nieper, Niepor, Niper, Nyeper

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ. Cognate with Russian Днепр (Dnepr), Ancient Greek Δάναπρις (Dánapris).

Proper noun

Днѣпръ • (transliteration needed) m inan

Dnieper (a river in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)

Descendants

Belarusian: Дняпро́ (Dnjapró), Днепр (Dnjepr)
Rusyn: Днїпр (Dnjipr)
Ukrainian: Дніпро́ (Dnipró); Дніпр (Dnipr) (archaic); Дні́пер (Dníper) (dialectal)

Further reading

Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Дънѣпрь”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 55

Russian

Proper noun

Днѣпръ • (Dněpr) m inan (genitive Днѣпра́)

Pre-1918 spelling of Дне́пр (Dnépr).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of Днѣпръ (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-b)

	singular
nominative	Днѣ́пръ Dně́pr
genitive	Днѣпра́ Dněprá
dative	Днѣпру́ Dněprú
accusative	Днѣ́пръ Dně́pr
instrumental	Днѣпро́мъ Dněpróm
prepositional	Днѣпрѣ́ Dněprě́

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