длань

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dolnь.

Noun

длань • (dlanĭ) f

1. palm (of the hand)

Descendants

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

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak dlaň, from Proto-Slavic *dolnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdlaɲ]
• Rhymes: -aɲ
• Hyphenation: длань

Noun

длань (dlanʹ) f (related adjective дланьов)

1. palm (of the hand)
2. hand

   Synonym: рука (ruka)

Declension

Declension of длань

	singular	plural
nominative	длань dlanʹ	дланї dlanji
genitive	дланї dlanji	дланьох dlanʹox
dative	дланї dlanji	дланьом dlanʹom
accusative	длань dlanʹ	дланї dlanji
instrumental	дланю dlanju	дланями dlanjami
locative	дланї dlanji	дланьох dlanʹox
vocative	длань / дланї dlanʹ / dlanji	дланї dlanji

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “длань”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “palm”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 202

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɫanʲ]

Noun

длань • (dlanʹ) f inan (genitive дла́ни, nominative plural дла́ни, genitive plural дла́ней)

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

Declension

Declension of длань (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дла́нь dlánʹ	дла́ни dláni
genitive	дла́ни dláni	дла́ней dlánej
dative	дла́ни dláni	дла́ням dlánjam
accusative	дла́нь dlánʹ	дла́ни dláni
instrumental	дла́нью dlánʹju	дла́нями dlánjami
prepositional	дла́ни dláni	дла́нях dlánjax

See also

• ладо́нь (ladónʹ)

References

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