Енисей

See also: Енисеј and Энесей

Kazakh
Alternative scripts
Arabic ەنيسەي
Cyrillic Енисей
Latin Enisei

Proper noun

Енисей • (Enisei)

  1. Yenisei (a major river in Russia)

Russian

Etymology

Russified from Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Say, “mother river”), from эне (ene) + Сай (Say), or from Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi, “big water”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪnʲɪˈsʲej]
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Енисе́й • (Jeniséj) m inan (genitive Енисе́я)

  1. Yenisei (a major river in Russia)

Declension
Declension of Енисе́й (inan sg-only masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Енисе́й
Jeniséj
genitive Енисе́я
Jeniséja
dative Енисе́ю
Jeniséju
accusative Енисе́й
Jeniséj
instrumental Енисе́ем
Jeniséjem
prepositional Енисе́е
Jeniséje

Descendants
  • → Manchu: ᡳᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᡝᠰᡳᠶ᠋ᡝ (iniyesiye)

References
  1. Michel Tsountz, Grands travaux sur les fleuves de Sibérie, p. 39,

Yakut

Proper noun

Енисей • (YEnisey)

  1. Yenisei (a major river in Russia)
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