долу

Bulgarian

Etymology

Fossilized locative singular of Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“valley”) (u-stem in Old Church Slavonic and Bulgarian). Compare го́ре (góre, “up”), originally "to/on the mountain", and note the semantic parallels with English down, originally "from the hill" (compare dialectal English down (“hill”) and English dune, derived from the same Germanic word).

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Adverb

до́лу • (dólu) (comparative по́-до́лу, superlative на́й-до́лу)

1. down, downward
2. below

   по́-до́лу ― pó-dólu ― lower

   на́й-до́лу ― náj-dólu ― lowest

Derived terms

• надо́лу (nadólu)
• отдо́лу (otdólu)

References

• “долу”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “долу”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• долу- (dolu-), дуло (dulo), лудо (ludo)

Macedonian

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• Hyphenation: до‧лу

Adverb

до́лу • (dólu) (comparative по́долу, superlative на́јдолу)

1. down, downward
2. below

Alternative forms

• до́ле (dóle) — dialectal

See also

• на́долу (nádolu)
• у́долу (údolu)

References

• “долу” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

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Noun

до́лу • (dólu) m inan

1. dative singular of дол (dol)