Воронеж

Russian

Alternative forms

• Воро́нежъ (Vorónež) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic Воронажь (Voronažĭ), Воронѧжь (Voronęžĭ), Воронежь (Voronežĭ). Vasmer connects with вороно́й (voronój, “black”) and compares with Воронега (Voronega), a river flowing into Lake Ladoga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈronʲɪʂ]

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Proper noun

Воро́неж • (Vorónež) m inan (genitive Воро́нежа, relational adjective воро́нежский)

1. Voronezh (an oblast of Russia)
2. Voronezh (a city, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast, Russia)

   бомби́ть Воро́неж (idiom, neologism, politics) ― bombítʹ Vorónež ― to harm oneself more when trying to harm the other party, e.g. with countersanctions (literally, “to bomb Voronezh”)

3. Voronezh (a left tributary of the Don in Tambov, Lipetsk and Voronezh Oblasts, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Воро́неж (inan sg-only masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Воро́неж Vorónež
genitive	Воро́нежа Voróneža
dative	Воро́нежу Vorónežu
accusative	Воро́неж Vorónež
instrumental	Воро́нежем Vorónežem
prepositional	Воро́неже Voróneže

Related terms

• воро́нежец (vorónežec), воро́нежка (vorónežka)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Воронеж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress