Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *dolnь.

Noun edit

длань (dlanĭf

  1. palm (of the hand)

Descendants edit

  • Russian: длань (dlanʹ)
  • Bulgarian: длан (dlan)

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic длань (dlanĭ). Doublet of ладо́нь (ladónʹ), the inherited Old East Slavic form.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

длань (dlanʹf inan (genitive дла́ни, nominative plural дла́ни, genitive plural дла́ней)

  1. (archaic or poetic) palm (of the hand)

Declension edit

See also edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “длань”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress