Днепр

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ, from Scythian/Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu apara "the far river" or *Dānapr (“the deep river”), the first element being from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”).

Compare with Днестр (Dnestr), whose name probably means "the close river."

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʲnʲepr]
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Proper noun

Днепр • (Dnepr) m inan (genitive Днепра́)

  1. Dnieper (a river in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
  2. Dnipro (a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)

Declension
Declension of Днепр (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular
nominative Дне́пр
Dnépr
genitive Днепра́
Dneprá
dative Днепру́
Dneprú
accusative Дне́пр
Dnépr
instrumental Днепро́м
Dnepróm
prepositional Днепре́
Dnepré

Derived terms

References
  • Mallory, J.P. and Victor H. Mair. The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West. London: Thames and Hudson, 2000. p. 106
  • Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎ (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 236
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