бубны

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbubnɨ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Czech bubny m pl (“bells in German playing cards”), plural of buben m (“drum”) cognate to the Russian бу́бен (búben, “tambourine”) calquing German Schellen, better known as kule f pl (literally “bullets”) in Czech.

Noun

бу́бны • (búbny) f inan pl (genitive бу́бен or бубён, plural only, relational adjective бубно́вый)

1. diamonds (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦)

   Synonyms: бу́бна (búbna), бу́би (búbi)

Declension

Declension of бу́бны (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a/e reduc) 

	plural
nominative	бу́бны búbny
genitive	бу́бен, бубён búben, bubjón
dative	бу́бнам, бубна́м búbnam, bubnám
accusative	бу́бны búbny
instrumental	бу́бнами, бубна́ми búbnami, bubnámi
prepositional	бу́бнах, бубна́х búbnax, bubnáx

See also

Suits in Russian · ма́сти (másti) (layout · text)
че́рвы (čérvy)	бу́бны (búbny)	пи́ки (píki)	тре́фы (tréfy)

Noun

бу́бны • (búbny) f inan or f inan pl

1. inflection of бу́бна (búbna):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Etymology 2

Noun

бу́бны • (búbny) m inan pl

1. nominative/accusative plural of бу́бен (búben)