Новодвинск
Russian
Etymology
By surface analysis, но́вый (nóvyj, “new”) + Двина́ (Dviná, shortening of Се́верная Двина́ (Sévernaja Dviná, “Northern Dvina”), the river it is situated next to) + -ск (-sk, placename suffix). Coined in 1977, when the town was granted town status.
The town was originally named Вороши́ловский (Vorošílovskij), and was later changed to Первома́йский (Pervomájskij) in the late 1950s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nəvɐdˈvʲinsk]
Proper noun
Новодви́нск • (Novodvínsk) m inan (genitive Новодви́нска)
- Novodvinsk (a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia)
Declension
Declension of Новодви́нск (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Новодви́нск Novodvínsk |
| genitive | Новодви́нска Novodvínska |
| dative | Новодви́нску Novodvínsku |
| accusative | Новодви́нск Novodvínsk |
| instrumental | Новодви́нском Novodvínskom |
| prepositional | Новодви́нске Novodvínske |
Descendants
- → Belarusian: Навадзві́нск (Navadzvínsk)
- → Bulgarian: Новодви́нск (Novodvínsk)
- → Chinese: 新德文斯克 (Xīn Déwénsīkè) (partial calque)
- → Crimean Tatar: Novodvinsk
- → English: Novodvinsk
- → Erzya: Новодви́нской (Novodvínskoj)
- → Latvian: Novodvinska
- → Lithuanian: Novodvinskas
- → Macedonian: Новодви́нск (Novodvínsk)
- → Moksha: Новодви́нск (Novodvínsk)
- → Ossetian: Новодви́нск (Novodvínsk)
- → Polish: Nowodwinsk
- → Serbo-Croatian: Новодвӣнск / Novodvīnsk
- → Tajik: Новодвинск (Novodvinsk)
- → Talysh: Novodvinsk / Новодвинск
- → Tatar: Яңа Двинск (Yaña Dwinsk) (partial calque)
- → Ukrainian: Новодві́нськ (Novodvínsʹk)
- → Upper Sorbian: Nowodwinsk
- → Veps: Novodvinsk