далонь

Belarusian

далонь

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:

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Noun

дало́нь • (dalónʹ) f inan (genitive дало́ні, nominative plural дало́ні, genitive plural дало́ней)

1. 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