далонь
Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian доло́нь (dolónʹ), from Proto-Slavic *dolnь. Cognate with Polish dłoń, Russian ладо́нь (ladónʹ) and Ukrainian доло́ня (dolónja).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [daˈɫonʲ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
дало́нь • (dalónʹ) f inan (genitive дало́ні, nominative plural дало́ні, genitive plural дало́ней)
- palm (the inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers)
- пля́скаць у дало́ні ― pljáskacʹ u dalóni ― to applaud
- як на дало́ні ― jak na dalóni ― in full view
Declension
Declension of дало́нь (inan soft 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | дало́нь dalónʹ |
дало́ні dalóni |
| genitive | дало́ні dalóni |
дало́ней dalónjej |
| dative | дало́ні dalóni |
дало́ням dalónjam |
| accusative | дало́нь dalónʹ |
дало́ні dalóni |
| instrumental | дало́нню dalónnju |
дало́нямі dalónjami |
| locative | дало́ні dalóni |
дало́нях dalónjax |
| count form | — | дало́ні1 dalóni1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “долонь”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 264
- “далонь” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- "далонь" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum