Dunaj

Czech

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): [ˈdunaj]

Proper noun

Dunaj m inan

1. Danube

Declension

Declension of Dunaj (sg-only soft masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Dunaj
genitive	Dunaje
dative	Dunaji
accusative	Dunaj
vocative	Dunaji
locative	Dunaji
instrumental	Dunajem

Further reading

• Dunaj in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Dunaj in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

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): /ˈdu.naj/

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• Rhymes: -unaj
• Syllabification: Du‧naj

Proper noun

Dunaj m inan

1. Danube (a major river in Europe, flowing through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Dunaj

	singular
nominative	Dunaj
genitive	Dunaju
dative	Dunajowi
accusative	Dunaj
instrumental	Dunajem
locative	Dunaju
vocative	Dunaju

Further reading

• Dunaj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Dunaj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

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): [ˈdunaj]

Proper noun

Dunaj m inan (genitive singular Dunaja, declension pattern of stroj)

1. Danube

Declension

Declension of Dunaj

	singulare tantum
nominative	Dunaj
genitive	Dunaja
dative	Dunaju
accusative	Dunaj
locative	Dunaji
instrumental	Dunajom

Derived terms

• dunajský
• Malý Dunaj m

References

• “Dunaj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Dunavь (“Danube”), 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”). Doublet of Donava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dùːnaj/

Proper noun

Dúnaj m inan

1. Vienna (the capital city of Austria)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative	Dúnaj
genitive	Dúnaja
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Dúnaj
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Dúnaja
dative (dajȃlnik)	Dúnaju
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Dúnaj
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Dúnaju
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Dúnajem

Related terms

• Dúnajčan / Dúnajčanka
• dúnajski

Further reading

• “Dunaj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran