Воронеж

Russian

Alternative forms

• Воро́нежъ (Vorónež) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

From Old East Slavic Воронажь (Voronažĭ), Воронѧжь (Voronęžĭ), Воронежь (Voronežĭ). Fasmer connects with вороно́й (voronój, “black”) and compares with Воронега (Voronega), a river flowing into the Lake Ladoga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈronʲɪʂ]

Proper noun

Воро́неж • (Vorónež) m inan (genitive Воро́нежа)

1. Voronezh (river)
2. Voronezh (city)

   бомби́ть Воро́неж ― bombítʹ Vorónež ― (idiom, neologism, politics) "to bomb Voronezh" (to harm oneself more when trying to harm the other party, e.g. with countersanctions)

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

Related terms

• воро́нежец (vorónežec), воро́нежка (vorónežka)
• воро́нежский (vorónežskij)

References

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