даун
Russian
Etymology
From Да́ун (Dáun), from синдро́м Да́уна (sindróm Dáuna), from the surname of British physician John Langdon Down, who described the syndrome in the 1860s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdaʊn]
Noun
да́ун • (dáun) m anim (genitive да́уна, nominative plural да́уны, genitive plural да́унов)
- (colloquial) someone with Down syndrome
- (figuratively, vernacular, offensive, disparaging or ironic) downie, mongoloid, retard, spaz, spastic
- Synonyms: дура́к (durák), идио́т (idiót)
Declension
Declension of да́ун (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | да́ун dáun | да́уны dáuny |
genitive | да́уна dáuna | да́унов dáunov |
dative | да́уну dáunu | да́унам dáunam |
accusative | да́уна dáuna | да́унов dáunov |
instrumental | да́уном dáunom | да́унами dáunami |
prepositional | да́уне dáune | да́унах dáunax |
Derived terms
- Даунба́сс (Daunbáss, “Donbass, derogatory name used by Ukrainians against the Donbass separatists”)
- майда́ун (majdáun, “derogatory name for Maidan protestors in Ukraine”)