dźeń

See also: dzen and dzéń

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *dein-der.

Proto-Slavic *dь̏nь

Upper Sorbian dźeń

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dь̏nь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛjn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛjn
• Hyphenation: dźeń
• Syllabification: dźeń

Noun

dźeń m inan (diminutive dźeńk)

1. day (period during which the Earth rotates on its own axis)

   Kotry dźeń je? ― What day is today?

Declension

Declension of dźeń (masculine soft stem reducible irreg-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dźeń	dnjej, dnaj	dny
genitive	dnja	dnjow	dnjow
dative	dnjej	dnjomaj	dnjam
accusative	dźeń	dnjej, dnaj	dny
instrumental	dnjom	dnjomaj	dnjemi
locative	dnju	dnjomaj	dnjach
vocative	dnjo	dnjej, dnaj	dny

Derived terms

adjectives

• dźeński

nouns

• dźenik m inan
• dźeńk m inan

Further reading

• “dźeń”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
• “dźeń” in Soblex