долой

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic доло́вь~доло́ви (dolóvĭ~dolóvi) (with loss of intervocalic /v/), the dative singular of Old East Slavic долъ (dolŭ, “bottom, pit”), from Proto-Slavic *dolъ. A form доло́вь (dolóvʹ) survives in dialectal usage. Compare Belarusian дало́ў (dalóŭ), Ukrainian долíв (dolív), Old Czech dolov (modern dolů), Slovak dolu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɐˈɫoj]

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Adverb

доло́й • (dolój)

1. down
2. away, down [with accusative or (sometimes) genitive ‘with someone/something’]

   Уйди́ с глаз доло́й! ― Ujdí s glaz dolój! ― Get out of my sight!

   Доло́й фаши́зм! ― Dolój fašízm! ― Down with fascism!

   Доло́й царя́! ― Dolój carjá! ― Down with the tsar!

   Подпи́сано, так с плеч доло́й.

   Podpísano, tak s pleč dolój.

   Expresses indifference towards the result of a job and a desire to be done with it / not have to deal with it further. From the 1824 Alexander Griboyedov play Woe from Wit.

   (literally, “Signed, so down off (my) shoulders.”)

Related terms

• с глаз доло́й — из се́рдца вон (s glaz dolój — iz sérdca von, “out of sight, out of mind”)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: דאָלוי (doloy), דאַלוי (daloy)