дзень

Belarusian

unit of time

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Alternative forms

• dzień — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дьнь (dĭnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dьnь (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zʲenʲ]

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Noun

дзень • (dzjenʹ) m inan (genitive дня, nominative plural дні, genitive plural дзён)

1. day

Declension

Declension of дзень (inan soft masc-form accent-b reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	дзень dzjenʹ	дні dni
genitive	дня dnja	дзён dzjon
dative	дню dnju	дням dnjam
accusative	дзень dzjenʹ	дні dni
instrumental	днём dnjom	дня́мі dnjámi
locative	дні dni	днях dnjax
count form	—	дні1 dni1

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

Antonyms

• ноч (noč)

Derived terms

• вялі́кдзень (vjalíkdzjenʹ)

References

• “дзень” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “дзень”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)