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

1. Danube (the second-longest river in Europe, flowing through 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine)

Inflection

Declension of Ду́нав

	singular
indefinite	Ду́нав Dúnav
definite (subject form)	Ду́навът Dúnavǎt
definite (object form)	Ду́нава Dúnava
vocative form	Ду́наве Dúnave

References

• “Дунав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “Дунав”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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]

Proper noun

Дунав • (Dunav) m (relational adjective дунавски)

1. Danube (The Danube (or the Danube River) is a river that flows along its course through 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine; the second-longest river in Europe)

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

Proper noun

Ду̀нав m (Latin spelling Dùnav)

1. (uncountable) Danube

Declension

Declension of Дунав

	singular
nominative	Дунав
genitive	Дунава
dative	Дунаву
accusative	Дунав
vocative	Дунаве
locative	Дунаву
instrumental	Дунавом

Anagrams

• дуван