дно

дно

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дъно (dŭno), from Proto-Slavic *dъno (“bottom”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubno, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubno-, from *dʰewb- (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dno]

• Audio

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Noun

дно • (dno) n inan (genitive дна, nominative plural дны or до́нья, genitive plural дноў or до́ньяў)

1. floor, bed (hard surface at the bottom of a body of water)
2. bottom surface of a container

   Antonyms: вяршы́ня (vjaršýnja), верх (vjerx)

Declension

Declension of дно (inan hard neut-form accent-d irreg-plstem)

	singular	plural
nominative	дно dno	дны, до́нья dny, dónʹja
genitive	дна dna	дноў, до́ньяў dnoŭ, dónʹjaŭ
dative	дну dnu	днам, до́ньям dnam, dónʹjam
accusative	дно dno	дны, до́нья dny, dónʹja
instrumental	дном dnom	дна́мі, до́ньямі dnámi, dónʹjami
locative	дне dnje	днах, до́ньях dnax, dónʹjax
count form	—	дны1 dny1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Derived terms

• бе́здань (bjézdanʹ)
• бяздо́нне (bjazdónnje)
• бяздо́нны (bjazdónny)
• прадо́нны (pradónny)

References

• “дно” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъno (“bottom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dnɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ

Noun

дно • (dno) n

1. bottom

Declension

Declension of дно

	singular	plural
indefinite	дно	дна
definite unspecified	дното	дната
definite proximal	дново	днава
definite distal	дноно	днана
vocative	дно	дна

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic дъно (dŭno), from Proto-Slavic *dъno (“bottom”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubnas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubnos, from *dʰewb- (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dno]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Noun

дно • (dno) n inan (genitive дна, nominative plural до́нья, genitive plural до́ньев, related adjective до́нный, diminutive до́нышко)

1. floor, bed (hard surface at the bottom of a body of water)
2. bottom surface of a container

   Пей додна! ― Pej do dna! ― Drink up!

3. (figuratively) bottom of society
   • 1976, Юрий Трифонов (Yury Trifonov), Дом на набережной (The House on the Embankment):

     Что́-то когда́-то слы́шал о том, что Шулепа пропа́л, докати́лся додна, но что́бы уж до сюда́? До ме́бельного?

     Štó-to kogdá-to slýšal o tom, što Šulepa propál, dokatílsja do dna, no štóby už do sjudá? Do mébelʹnovo?

     Somehow sometime, I heard about how Shulepa disappeared—fell to the bottom—but to here? To furniture sales?

Declension

Declension of дно (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дно́ dnó	до́нья△ dónʹja△
genitive	дна́ dná	до́ньев△ dónʹjev△
dative	дну́ dnú	до́ньям△ dónʹjam△
accusative	дно́ dnó	до́нья△ dónʹja△
instrumental	дно́м dnóm	до́ньями△ dónʹjami△
prepositional	дне́ dné	до́ньях△ dónʹjax△

^△ Irregular.

Pre-reform declension of дно (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-d irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дно́ dnó	до́нья△ dónʹja△
genitive	дна́ dná	до́ньевъ△ dónʹjev△
dative	дну́ dnú	до́ньямъ△ dónʹjam△
accusative	дно́ dnó	до́нья△ dónʹja△
instrumental	дно́мъ dnóm	до́ньями△ dónʹjami△
prepositional	днѣ́ dně́	до́ньяхъ△ dónʹjax△

^△ Irregular.

Related terms

• бе́здна (bézdna)
• бездо́нный (bezdónnyj)
• дни́ще (dníšče)
• до́нце (dónce)
• до́нный (dónnyj)
• ле́чь на дно́ (léčʹ na dnó)
• поддо́н (poddón)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дно”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. (1993), “дно”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 257

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dúbna, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dnô/

Noun

дно̏ n (Latin spelling dnȍ)

1. bottom
   • 1989, Ђорђе Балашевић (lyrics and music), “Ћалетова Песма”, in Три послератна друга‎, Нови Сад: Југотон, performed by Ђорђе Балашевић:

     Не питај ме, ту пред свима
     Шта то на дну чаше има

     Never ask me in front of everyone
     What's at the bottom of the glass

   На крају, када се кафа попије, онда се чита будућност из талога који остаје на дну шалице. ― In the end, when the coffee is drunk, the future is read from the sediment that remains at the bottom of the cup.

Declension

Declension of дно

	singular	plural
nominative	дно̏	дна̏
genitive	дна	дна̑
dative	дну	днима
accusative	дно	дна
vocative	дно	дна
locative	дну	днима
instrumental	дном	днима

Derived terms

• загледати чашићи у дно
• од врха до дна
• бити на дну

References

• “дно” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дъно (dŭno), from Proto-Slavic *dъno (“bottom”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubnas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubnos, from *dʰewb- (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dnɔ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

дно • (dno) n inan (genitive дна, uncountable)

1. bed (of a river), bottom (of a lake)
2. bottom part (of an object)
3. (figurative) lowest stratum (of a capitalist society)

Declension

Declension of дно (inan sg-only hard neut-form accent-d)

	singular
nominative	дно dno
genitive	дна dna
dative	дну dnu
accusative	дно dno
instrumental	дном dnom
locative	дні dni
vocative	дно dno

Derived terms

• бездо́нний (bezdónnyj)
• дни́ще n (dnýšče)
• плоскодо́нний (ploskodónnyj)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дно”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “дно”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN