падь

Russian

Etymology

Back-formation from падать (padatʹ, “to fall”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [patʲ]

Noun

падь • (padʹ) f inan (genitive па́ди, nominative plural па́ди, genitive plural паде́й)

1. (dialectal, Ukraine, East Siberia, Far East) A deep narrow valley, gorge, or riverbank, especially one that is foresty
2. honeydew (sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects)

Declension

Declension of падь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 

	singular	plural
nominative	па́дь pádʹ	па́ди pádi
genitive	па́ди pádi	паде́й padéj
dative	па́ди pádi	падя́м padjám
accusative	па́дь pádʹ	па́ди pádi
instrumental	па́дью pádʹju	падя́ми padjámi
prepositional	па́ди pádi	падя́х padjáx

References

• падь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Ukrainian

Etymology

Back-formation from падати (padaty, “to fall”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [padʲ]

Noun

падь • (padʹ) f inan (genitive па́ді, nominative plural па́ді, genitive plural па́дей)

1. A deep narrow valley, gorge, or riverbank, especially one that is foresty
2. honeydew (sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	падь padʹ	па́ді pádi
genitive	па́ді pádi	па́дей pádej
dative	па́ді pádi	па́дям pádjam
accusative	падь padʹ	па́ді pádi
instrumental	па́ддю páddju	па́дями pádjamy
locative	па́ді pádi	па́дях pádjax
vocative	па́де páde	па́ді pádi

Derived terms

• медо́ва падь (medóva padʹ)

Further reading

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “падь”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “падь”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “падь”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “падь”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)