Волга

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔɫɡa]

Proper noun

Волга • (Volga) f (relational adjective волшки)

1. Volga (a major river in Russia, the longest river in Europe)

Russian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Slavic *vьlga and related to во́лглый (vólglyj, “damp, humid”), вла́га (vlága).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoɫɡə]

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Proper noun

Во́лга • (Vólga) f inan (genitive Во́лги, nominative plural Во́лги, genitive plural Волг, relational adjective во́лжский)

1. Volga (a major river in Russia, the longest river in Europe)
2. Volga (mid-size Russian automobile often used as a taxi)
3. Volga (Russian rocket upper stage)

Declension

Declension of Во́лга (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	Во́лга Vólga	Во́лги Vólgi
genitive	Во́лги Vólgi	Во́лг Vólg
dative	Во́лге Vólge	Во́лгам Vólgam
accusative	Во́лгу Vólgu	Во́лги Vólgi
instrumental	Во́лгой, Во́лгою Vólgoj, Vólgoju	Во́лгами Vólgami
prepositional	Во́лге Vólge	Во́лгах Vólgax

Pre-reform declension of Во́лга (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Во́лга Vólga
genitive	Во́лги Vólgi
dative	Во́лгѣ Vólgě
accusative	Во́лгу Vólgu
instrumental	Во́лгой, Во́лгою Vólgoj, Vólgoju
prepositional	Во́лгѣ Vólgě

Related terms

• Во́лга-ма́тушка (Vólga-mátuška)
• Волгогра́д (Volgográd)
• волжа́нин (volžánin), волжа́нка (volžánka)
• во́лжский (vólžskij)
• Пово́лжье (Povólžʹje)

References

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

Further reading

• Blažek, Václav (2021) “Volha — řeka sedmi jmen [Volga — the river of seven names]”, in Linguistica Brunensia, volume 69, number 1, 7 Volga, page 17

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋôːlɡa/
• Hyphenation: Вол‧га

Proper noun

Во̑лга f (Latin spelling Vȏlga)

1. Volga (a major river in Russia)

Declension

Declension of Волга

	singular
nominative	Волга
genitive	Волге
dative	Волги
accusative	Волгу
vocative	Волго
locative	Волги
instrumental	Волгом