полдень
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Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From пол- (pol-) + день (denʹ).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]по́лдень • (póldenʹ) m inan (genitive полу́дня or по́лдня, nominative plural по́лдни, genitive plural по́лдней, relational adjective полу́денный)
- noon, midday
- в по́лдень ― v póldenʹ ― at midday
- пополу́дни ― popolúdni ― in the afternoon
- по́лдня ― póldnja ― of midday
- Compare: полдня́ ― poldnjá ― half a day
- 1859, Иван Гончаров [Ivan Goncharov], “Часть 3. Глава 3”, in Обломов; English translation from Marian Schwartz, transl., Oblomov, New York: Seven Stories Press, 2008:
- В по́лдень Заха́р пришёл спроси́ть, не уго́дно ли попро́бовать их пирога́: хозя́йка веле́ла предложи́ть.
- V póldenʹ Zaxár prišól sprosítʹ, ne ugódno li popróbovatʹ ix pirogá: xozjájka veléla predložítʹ.
- At noon Zakhar came to ask whether he wanted to try their pie. The landlady had told him to offer it.
- (figuratively) middle age
- (obsolete) south
- Synonym: (modern) юг (jug)
Declension
[edit]Declension of по́лдень△ (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-a irreg)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | по́лдень△ póldenʹ△ |
по́лдни△ póldni△ |
| genitive | полу́дня, по́лдня△ polúdnja, póldnja△ |
по́лдней△ póldnej△ |
| dative | полу́дню polúdnju |
полу́дням polúdnjam |
| accusative | по́лдень△ póldenʹ△ |
по́лдни△ póldni△ |
| instrumental | полу́днем polúdnem |
полу́днями polúdnjami |
| prepositional | полу́дне polúdne |
полу́днях polúdnjax |
△ Irregular.
Synonyms
[edit]- по́лдни (póldni) (less common)
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- по́лдник m (póldnik)
- по́лдничать impf (póldničatʹ)
Related tersm
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ §552 of Грамматика русского языка, volume 1
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