Дунай

Borrowed from Russian Дунай (Dunaj), from Old East Slavic Дунаи (Dunai), Доунаи (Dunai), 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”).

Дунай • (Dunai)

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)

Inherited from Old Slovak Dunaj, from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdunaj]
• Rhymes: -unaj
• Hyphenation: Ду‧най

Дунай (Dunaj) m inan (related adjective дунайски)

1. Danube (a river in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine)

• SRS, vol. 2, page 836: “Дунай”
• ARS, page 75: “Danube”

Inherited from Old East Slavic Дунаи (Dunai), Доунаи (Dunai), 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”).

• IPA^(key): [dʊˈnaj]

Дуна́й • (Dunáj) m inan (genitive Дуна́я)

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)

• дуна́йский (dunájskij, “Danubian, Danubic”)

Borrowed from Old East Slavic Дунаи (Dunai), Дꙋнаи (Dunai), 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”).

• IPA^(key): [dʊˈnai̯]

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Дуна́й • (Dunáj) m inan (genitive Дуна́ю, uncountable)

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)
   • Semen Klymovsky

     Ї́хав ко́зак за Дуна́й.

     Jíxav kózak za Dunáj.

     The Cossack rode beyond the Danube.