день

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "den"

Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -enʲ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic дьнь (dĭnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”). Compare Belarusian дзень (dzjenʹ), Ukrainian день (denʹ), Bulgarian ден (den), Sanskrit दिन (dina).

Noun

день • (denʹ) m inan (genitive дня, nominative plural дни, genitive plural дней, relational adjective дневно́й, diminutive денёк)

  1. day, daytime
    Antonym: ночь (nočʹ)
    в де́нь ― v dénʹ ― per day
    ве́сь де́нь ― vésʹ dénʹ ― all day
    де́нь за днём ― dénʹ za dnjom ― day after day
    де́нь ото дня́ ― dénʹ oto dnjá ― from day to day
    де́нь рожде́ния ― dénʹ roždénija ― birthday
    днём ― dnjom ― by day, during the day
    и́зо дня́ в де́нь ― ízo dnjá v dénʹ ― day by day
    на дня́х ― na dnjáx ― the other day
    на э́тих дня́х ― na étix dnjáx ― one of these days
    рабо́чий де́нь ― rabóčij dénʹ ― work day
  2. afternoon, early evening
    в 3 часа́ дня́ ― v 3 časá dnjá ― at 3 o’clock in the afternoon
    в 7 часо́в дня́ ― v 7 časóv dnjá ― at 7 o’clock in the evening
Declension
Declension of день (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative де́нь
dénʹ 		дни́
dní
genitive дня́
dnjá 		дне́й
dnéj
dative дню́
dnjú 		дня́м
dnjám
accusative де́нь
dénʹ 		дни́
dní
instrumental днём
dnjóm 		дня́ми
dnjámi
prepositional дне́
dné 		дня́х
dnjáx
locative дню́
dnjú
Pre-reform declension of день (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b reduc) 
singular plural
nominative де́нь
dénʹ 		дни́
dní
genitive дня́
dnjá 		дне́й
dnéj
dative дню́
dnjú 		дня́мъ
dnjám
accusative де́нь
dénʹ 		дни́
dní
instrumental днёмъ
dnjóm 		дня́ми
dnjámi
prepositional днѣ́
dně́ 		дня́хъ
dnjáx
Derived terms
adjectives

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “день”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “день”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 241

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

день • (denʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of деть (detʹ)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

From Old East Slavic дьнь (dĭnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”). Cognate with Belarusian дзень (dzjenʹ), Russian день (denʹ), Bulgarian ден (den), Sanskrit दिन (dina).

Pronunciation

Noun

день • (denʹ) m inan (genitive дня, nominative plural дні, genitive plural днів)

  1. day

Declension

Declension of день
(inan soft masc-form accent-b reduc)
singular plural
nominative день
denʹ 		дні
dni
genitive дня
dnja 		днів
dniv
dative дне́ві, дню
dnévi, dnju 		дням
dnjam
accusative день
denʹ 		дні
dni
instrumental днем
dnem 		дня́ми
dnjámy
locative дню, дні
dnju, dni 		днях
dnjax
vocative дню
dnju 		дні
dni

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

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