долу

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).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔɫo]

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до́лу • (dólu) (comparative по́-до́лу, superlative на́й-до́лу)

1. down, downward
2. below

   по́-до́лу ― pó-dólu ― lower

   на́й-до́лу ― náj-dólu ― lowest

• го́ре (góre)

• надо́лу (nadólu)
• отдо́лу (otdólu)

• “долу”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “долу”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• долу- (dolu-), дуло (dulo), лудо (ludo)

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔɫu]
• Hyphenation: до‧лу

до́лу • (dólu) (comparative по́долу, superlative на́јдолу)

1. down, downward
2. below

• до́ле (dóle) — dialectal

• на́долу (nádolu)
• у́долу (údolu)

• “долу” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔlu]
• Rhymes: -ɔlu
• Hyphenation: до‧лу

долу (dolu)

1. down, downwards

   Antonym: горе (hore)

   горе-долу ― hore-dolu ― up and down

2. below, beneath

   Synonym: нїжей (njižej)

долу (dolu)

1. down with [with nominative or з (z, + instrumental) or зоз (zoz, + instrumental)]

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “долу”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “beneath”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (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 [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 92

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoɫʊ]

горе́ • (goré)

1. (literary, obsolete) down

   Synonym: вниз (vniz)

до́лу • (dólu) m inan

1. dative singular of дол (dol)