дах

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See also: даҳ and -дах

Belarusian

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дах

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian дахъ (dax), ultimately from Old High German dah. Cognate with German Dach, Polish dach and Ukrainian дах (dax).

Pronunciation

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Noun

дах (daxm inan (genitive да́ху, nominative plural да́хі, genitive plural да́хаў, diminutive да́шак)

  1. roof (the cover at the top of a building)
    • 1916, Вахтеров, Василий Порфирьевич, “Prawodniki ciepła”, in Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, transl., edited by Vacłaŭ Łastoŭski, Rodnyje zierniaty, Wilno: Homan, page 162:
      Zrazumieło, čamu mokryje doski letam chutčej sochnuć pad žaleznym dacham, čym pad sałamianym.
      It's clear why wet boards dry faster in summer under an iron roof than under a thatched one.
    • 1938 , Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 569:
      Дом астаўся па-ранейшаму велічным, не баіцца ветру і непагоды, дах не працякае, акяніцы не расхістаны, сцены не абваліліся, але, тым не менш, дом зрабіўся развалінай, і пацукі ўцякаюць з яго.
      Dom astaŭsja pa-ranjejšamu vjeličnym, nje baicca vjetru i njepahódy, dax nje pracjakaje, akjanicy nje rasxistany, scjeny nje abvalilisja, alje, tym nje mjenš, dom zrabiŭsja razvalinaj, i pacuki ŭcjakajucʹ z jahó.

Declension

References

  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “дахъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), numbers 7 (гляденье – девичество), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 268
  • дах”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • дах” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

да̏х m inan (Latin spelling dȁh)

  1. breath
  2. breathing, respiration
  3. stench, odor

Declension

Declension of дах
singular plural
nominative да̏х да̏хови/да̏си
genitive даха дахова/даса
dative даху даховима/дасима
accusative дах дахове/дасе
vocative даше / даху дахови/даси
locative даху даховима/дасима
instrumental дахом даховима/дасима

References

  • дах”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

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Etymology

From Polish dach (roof), ultimately from Old High German dah.

Pronunciation

Noun

дах (daxm inan (genitive да́ху, nominative plural дахи́, genitive plural дахі́в, diminutive дашо́к)

  1. roof (the cover at the top of a building)

Declension

Declension of дах
(inan velar masc-form accent-c)
singular plural
nominative дах
dax
дахи́
daxý
genitive да́ху
dáxu
дахі́в
daxív
dative да́хові, да́ху
dáxovi, dáxu
даха́м
daxám
accusative дах
dax
дахи́
daxý
instrumental да́хом
dáxom
даха́ми
daxámy
locative да́ху
dáxu
даха́х
daxáx
vocative да́ху
dáxu
дахи́
daxý

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