долу

See also: долю and Appendix:Variations of "dolu"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Fossilized locative singular of Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“valley”) (u-stem in Old Church Slavonic and Bulgarian). Compare го́ре (góre, “up”), originally "to/on the mountain", and note the semantic parallels with English down, originally "from the hill" (compare dialectal English down (“hill”) and English dune, derived from the same Germanic word).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɔɫo]
Audio: (file)

Adverb

до́лу • (dólu) (comparative по́-до́лу, superlative на́й-до́лу)

down, downward
below
по́-до́лу ― pó-dólu ― lower

на́й-до́лу ― náj-dólu ― lowest

Antonyms

го́ре (góre)

Derived terms

надо́лу (nadólu)
отдо́лу (otdólu)

References

“долу”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“долу”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

долу- (dolu-), дуло (dulo), лудо (ludo)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɔɫu]
Hyphenation: до‧лу

Adverb

до́лу • (dólu) (comparative по́долу, superlative на́јдолу)

down, downward
below

Alternative forms

до́ле (dóle) — dialectal

References

“долу” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak dolu, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dolъ. Cognates include Belarusian дало́ў (dalóŭ), Czech dolů, Russian доло́й (dolój), Serbo-Croatian доле / dole, and Slovak dolu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɔlu]
Rhymes: -ɔlu
Hyphenation: до‧лу

Adverb

долу (dolu)

down, downwards
Antonym: горе (hore)

горе-долу ― hore-dolu ― up and down
below, beneath
Synonym: нїжей (njižej)

Derived terms

adverbs

додолу (dodolu)
долубрегом (dolubrehom)
долуводом (doluvodom)
надолу (nadolu)
оддолу (oddolu)

Interjection

долу (dolu)

down with [with nominative or з (z, + instrumental) or зоз (zoz, + instrumental)]

References

Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “долу”, 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) “beneath”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 37
Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “down”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 92

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdoɫʊ]

Noun

до́лу • (dólu) m inan

dative singular of дол (dol)