дыня

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Belarusian

Дыня

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дꙑнꙗ (dynja), from Proto-Slavic *dyňa, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (μῆλον) (kudṓnion (mêlon), “quince”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ды́ня • (dýnja) f inan (genitive ды́ні, nominative plural ды́ні, genitive plural дынь or ды́няў)

  1. melon
    Synonyms: мэлён (meljón), малён (maljón)

Declension

Declension of ды́ня (inan soft fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ды́ня
dýnja 		ды́ні
dýni
genitive ды́ні
dýni 		дынь, ды́няў
dynʹ, dýnjaŭ
dative ды́ні
dýni 		ды́ням
dýnjam
accusative ды́ню
dýnju 		ды́ні
dýni
instrumental ды́няй, ды́няю
dýnjaj, dýnjaju 		ды́нямі
dýnjami
locative ды́ні
dýni 		ды́нях
dýnjax
count form — ды́ні1
dýni1

1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

  • “дыня” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic дꙑнꙗ (dynja), from Proto-Slavic *dyňa, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (μῆλον) (kudṓnion (mêlon), “quince”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ды́ня • (dýnja) f inan (genitive ды́ни, nominative plural ды́ни, genitive plural дынь, relational adjective ды́нный, diminutive ды́нька)

  1. melon

Declension

Declension of ды́ня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ды́ня
dýnja 		ды́ни
dýni
genitive ды́ни
dýni 		ды́нь
dýnʹ
dative ды́не
dýne 		ды́ням
dýnjam
accusative ды́ню
dýnju 		ды́ни
dýni
instrumental ды́ней, ды́нею
dýnej, dýneju 		ды́нями
dýnjami
prepositional ды́не
dýne 		ды́нях
dýnjax
Pre-reform declension of ды́ня (inan fem-form soft-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ды́ня
dýnja 		ды́ни
dýni
genitive ды́ни
dýni 		ды́нь
dýnʹ
dative ды́нѣ
dýně 		ды́нямъ
dýnjam
accusative ды́ню
dýnju 		ды́ни
dýni
instrumental ды́ней, ды́нею
dýnej, dýneju 		ды́нями
dýnjami
prepositional ды́нѣ
dýně 		ды́няхъ
dýnjax

Descendants

  • → Yakut: дыня (dına)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дыня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дыня (dynja).

Noun

дыня • (dına)

  1. melon
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