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Russian
Etymology
From Да́ун (Dáun), from синдро́м Да́уна (sindróm Dáuna), from the surname of British physician John Langdon Down, who described the syndrome in the 1860s.
Pronunciation
Noun
да́ун • (dáun) m anim (genitive да́уна, nominative plural да́уны, genitive plural да́унов)
- (colloquial) someone with Down syndrome
- (figuratively, vernacular, offensive, disparaging or ironic) downie, mongoloid, retard, spaz, spastic
- Synonyms: дура́к (durák), идио́т (idiót)
Declension
Derived terms
- Даунба́сс (Daunbáss, “Donbass, derogatory name used by Ukrainians against the Donbass separatists”)
- майда́ун (majdáun, “derogatory name for Maidan protestors in Ukraine”)