Воронеж

Russian

Alternative forms

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]
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Proper noun

Воро́неж • (Vorónež) m inan (genitive Воро́нежа, relational adjective воро́нежский)

  1. Voronezh (an oblast of Russia)
  2. 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”)
  3. Voronezh (a left tributary of the Don in Tambov, Lipetsk and Voronezh Oblasts, 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
  • воро́нежец (vorónežec), воро́нежка (vorónežka)

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Воронеж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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