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Russian
Etymology
Metathesis of Proto-Slavic *dolnь; the expected form до́лонь (dólonʹ) occurs dialectally. Doublet of длань (dlanʹ), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Pronunciation
Noun
ладо́нь • (ladónʹ) f inan (genitive ладо́ни, nominative plural ладо́ни, genitive plural ладо́ней, diminutive ладо́ша or ладо́шка)
- palm (of the hand)
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ладонь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress