Дунав
Bulgarian
Etymology
Akin to Old Church Slavonic Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), Дꙋнавъ (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): [ˈdunɐf]
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Proper noun
Ду́нав • (Dúnav) m
Inflection
singular | |
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indefinite | Ду́нав Dúnav |
definite (subject form) |
Ду́навът Dúnavǎt |
definite (object form) |
Ду́нава Dúnava |
vocative form | Ду́наве Dúnave |
Macedonian
Etymology
Akin to Old Church Slavonic Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ), Дꙋнавъ (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]
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited 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