Am Wondering how Москва-река is declined.
I looked it up in the Викисловарь, but it apparently isn't there.
Are the two elements declined? For example, would the accusative be Москву-реку? Or is it Москва-реку? This last possibility may look and sound weird, but I'm so used to Russian having its own peculiar logic...
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It's something we don't pay much attention to. I think I would normally decline both words, although if I'm talking to someone who declines only the 2nd word I might as well just repeat it after them their way.
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It is better to decline both elements. Москве-реке, Москву-реку. But in the informal speech you can decline only the second one - по Москвa-реке, у Москва-реки.
Here you can read the rule about it - http://www.gramota.ru/spravka/buro/search_answer/?s=%CC%EE%F1%EA%E2%E0-%F0%E5%EA%E0
I live in the Russian Far East, I use this word-combination rarely, and I prefer to decline both elements. It is interesting for me too which of the variants prefer Muscovites?
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Declained both parts: Москва-река, Москвы-реки, Москву-реку, за Москвой-рекой и т.д.
But offten in spoken practise(colloquially) use Москва-реку, за Москва-рекой. It isn't correct.
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In documents you must write "Москва-реку".
If you are speaking "Москва-реку" and "Москву-реку" are both right. Personally I say "Москву-реку".
Russians have lots of problems with it, too)
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