день

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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 (denʹm inan (genitive дня, nominative plural дни, genitive plural дней, relational adjective дневно́й, diminutive денёк)

  1. day, daytime
    Antonym: ночь (nočʹ)
    в де́ньv dénʹper day
    ве́сь де́ньvésʹ dénʹall day
    де́нь за днёмdénʹ za dnjomday after day
    де́нь ото дня́dénʹ oto dnjáfrom day to day
    де́нь рожде́нияdénʹ roždénijabirthday
    днёмdnjomby day, during the day
    и́зо дня́ в де́ньízo dnjá v dénʹday by day
    на дня́хna dnjáxthe other day
    на э́тих дня́хna étix dnjáxone of these days
    рабо́чий де́ньrabóčij dénʹwork day
  2. afternoon, early evening
    в 3 часа́ дня́v 3 časá dnjáat 3 o’clock in the afternoon
    в 7 часо́в дня́v 7 časóv dnjáat 7 o’clock in the evening
Declension
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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 (denʹm 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

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