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Translation

day

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Word origin

From Proto-Slavic dьnь, from the Indo-European root that also gives Latin dies.

Origin
Proto-Slavic
Root
dьnь
English cognates
diurnal, journal

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralдни
Genitive pluralднейafter пять, много, нет

Cases

Casesingularplural
Nominativethe subjectденьдни
Genitiveof; after нет, у, без, дляднядней
Dativeto, forднюдням
Accusativethe object; after в/на for motionденьдни
Instrumentalwith, by; after сднёмдня́ми
Prepositionalabout, in, on; after о, в, наднеднях

The е in день drops out as soon as an ending is added: день, but дня, дню, днём.

Examples

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What day is it today?

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It rained all day.

измени́лось.

Within a few days everything had changed.

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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 15: день, дело, можно and 11 more words.