Днѣпръ
Old Ruthenian
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Днѣпръ
Alternative forms
- Днепръ (Dnepr), Днѣпрь (Dněprʹ), Dьnaprъ (Dʹnapr), Dniper (Dniper), Днепро́ (Dnepró)
- Непрь (Neprʹ), Neper (Neper), Nieper (Nieper), Niepor (Niepor), Niper (Niper), Nyeper (Nyeper)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ (Dŭněprŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Dъněprъ. Cognate with Russian Днепр (Dnepr), Ancient Greek Δάναπρις (Dánapris).
Proper noun
Днѣпръ • (Dněpr) m inan
- Dnieper (a river in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)
Descendants
- Belarusian: Дняпро́ (Dnjapró), Днепр (Dnjepr)
- Rusyn: Днїпр (Dnjipr)
- Ukrainian: Дніпро́ (Dnipró); Дніпр (Dnipr) (archaic); Дні́пер (Dníper) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Дънѣпрь”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 55
Russian
Proper noun
Днѣпръ • (Dněpr) m inan (genitive Днѣпра́)
- Pre-1918 spelling of Дне́пр (Dnépr).
Declension
Pre-reform declension of Днѣпръ (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-b)
singular | |
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nominative | Днѣ́пръ Dně́pr |
genitive | Днѣпра́ Dněprá |
dative | Днѣпру́ Dněprú |
accusative | Днѣ́пръ Dně́pr |
instrumental | Днѣпро́мъ Dněpróm |
prepositional | Днѣпрѣ́ Dněprě́ |