Дунав

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂n-uder.

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂new-yo-s

Proto-Celtic *Dānowyosbor.

Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjazder.

Proto-Slavic *Dunavь

Old Church Slavonic Дꙋнавъ (Dunavŭ)

Bulgarian Дунав

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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• Rhymes: -unɐf
• Syllabification^(key): Ду‧нав

Proper noun

Ду́нав • (Dúnav) m (relational adjective ду́навски)

1. Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)

Inflection

Declension of Ду́нав

	singular
indefinite	Ду́нав Dúnav
definite (subject form)	Ду́навът Dúnavăt
definite (object form)	Ду́нава Dúnava
vocative form	Ду́навe1 Dúnave1

¹Folk-poetic.

References

• “Дунав”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (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 (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)

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): /dûnaʋ/
• Hyphenation: Ду‧нав

Proper noun

Ду̏нав m inan (Latin spelling Dȕnav)

1. (uncountable) Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)

Declension

Declension of Дунав

	singular
nominative	Ду̏нав
genitive	Ду̏нава
dative	Ду̏наву
accusative	Ду̏нав
vocative	Ду̏наве
locative	Ду̏наву
instrumental	Ду̏навом

The accent shift is non-weakened: на̏ Дунав.

Anagrams

• дуван