Воронеж

Russian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vɐˈronʲɪʂ]

Proper noun

Воро́неж • (Vorónež) m inan (genitive Воро́нежа)

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

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)
воро́нежский (vorónežskij)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964), “Воронеж”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume I, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress, page 353

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