Дністер
Ukrainian
editEtymology
editFrom Old East Slavic Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ), ultimately (compare Byzantine Greek Δάναστρις (Dánastris) and Late Latin Danaster) from Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu nazdya "the close river" (the Dniepr being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editДністе́р • (Dnistér) m inan (genitive Дністра́, uncountable, relational adjective дністро́вський)
- A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
Declension
editDeclension of Дністе́р (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-b reduc)
Derived terms
edit- Дністро́вець (Dnistróvecʹ)
- дністрове́цький (dnistrovécʹkyj)
- Дністро́вськ (Dnistróvsʹk)
- дністро́вський (dnistróvsʹkyj)
- Задні́стря (Zadnístrja)
- Придністро́в'я (Prydnistróvʺja)
- придністро́вський (prydnistróvsʹkyj)
References
edit- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “Дністер”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “Дністер”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
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