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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).
Pronunciation
Adverb
до́лу • (dólu) (comparative по́-до́лу, superlative на́й-до́лу)
- down, downward
- below
- по́-до́лу ― pó-dólu ― lower
- на́й-до́лу ― náj-dólu ― lowest
Antonyms
Derived terms
References
- “долу”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “долу”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Adverb
до́лу • (dólu) (comparative по́долу, superlative на́јдолу)
- down, downward
- below
See also
References
- “долу” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak dolu, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dolъ. Cognates include Belarusian дало́ў (dalóŭ), Czech dolů, Russian доло́й (dolój), Serbo-Croatian доле / dole, and Slovak dolu.
Pronunciation
Adverb
долу (dolu)
- down, downwards
- Antonym: горе (hore)
- горе-долу ― hore-dolu ― up and down
- below, beneath
- Synonym: нїжей (njižej)
Derived terms
Interjection
долу (dolu)
- down with
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “долу”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “beneath”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 37
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “down”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 92
Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
горе́ • (goré)
- (literary, obsolete) down
- Synonym: вниз (vniz)
Noun
до́лу • (dólu) m inan
- dative singular of дол (dol)