# дно
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Old East Slavic дъно (dŭno), from Proto-Slavic *dъno (“bottom”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dúbna, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubno-, from *dʰewb- (“deep”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dno]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

дно • (dno) n inan (genitive дна, nominative plural дны or до́нья, genitive plural дноў or до́ньяў)
* floor, bed (hard surface at the bottom of a body of water)
* bottom surface of a container
    Antonyms: вяршы́ня (vjaršýnja), верх (vjerx)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### Derived terms

* бе́здань (bjézdanʹ)
* бяздо́нне (bjazdónnje)
* бяздо́нны (bjazdónny)
* прадо́нны (pradónny)

### References

* “дно” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъno (“bottom”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dnɔ]
* Rhymes: -ɔ

### Noun

дно • (dno) n
* bottom

#### Declension
## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic дъно (dŭno), from Proto-Slavic *dъno (“bottom”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubnas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubnos, from *dʰewb- (“deep”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dno]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -o

### Noun

дно • (dno) n inan (genitive дна, nominative plural до́нья, genitive plural до́ньев, relational adjective до́нный, diminutive до́нышко or до́нце, augmentative дни́ще)
* floor, bed (hard surface at the bottom of a body of water)
* bottom surface of a container
    Пей до дна! ― Pej do dna! ― Bottoms up!
* (figuratively) bottom of society
** 1976, Юрий Трифонов (Yury Trifonov), Дом на набережной (The House on the Embankment):Что́-то когда́-то слы́шал о том, что Шулепа пропа́л, докати́лся до дна, но что́бы уж до сюда́? До ме́бельного?Štó-to kogdá-to slýšal o tom, što Šulepa propál, dokatílsja do dna, no štóby už do sjudá? Do mébelʹnovo?Somehow sometime, I heard about how Shulepa disappeared—fell to the bottom—but to here? To furniture sales?

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.
$^△$Irregular.

#### Derived terms

* бе́здна f (bézdna)
* бездо́нный (bezdónnyj)
* дни́ще n (dníšče)
* одо́нье n (odónʹje)
* плоскодо́нный (ploskodónnyj)
* поддо́н m (poddón)
* подо́нки m inan pl or m anim pl (podónki)
* подо́нок m anim (podónok)
* придо́нный (pridónnyj)

##### Phrases

* вверх дном (vverx dnom)
* двойно́е дно n (dvojnóje dno)
* золо́тое дно n (zolótoje dno)
* ни дна́, ни покры́шки (ni dná, ni pokrýški)
* идти́ ко дну́ impf (idtí ko dnú)
* ле́чь на дно́ pf (léčʹ na dnó)
* ло́дка-плоскодо́нка f (lódka-ploskodónka)

#### Related terms

* де́бри f pl (débri)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дно”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 257

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъno, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dúbna, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnóm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dnô/

### Noun

дно̏ n (Latin spelling dnȍ)
* bottom
    На крају, када се кафа попије, онда се чита будућност из талога који остаје на дну шалице. ― In the end, when the coffee is drunk, the future is read from the sediment that remains at the bottom of the cup.
** 1989, Ђорђе Балашевић (lyrics and music), “Ћалетова Песма”, in Ђорђе Балашевић (lyrics), Три послератна друга‎, performed by Ђорђе Балашевић, Нови Сад: Југотон:Не питај ме, ту пред свима Шта то на дну чаше имаNever ask me in front of everyone What's at the bottom of the glass

#### Derived terms

* загледати чашићи у дно
* од врха до дна
* бити на дну

### References

* “дно”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old East Slavic дъно (dŭno), from Proto-Slavic *dъno (“bottom”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubnas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubnos, from *dʰewb- (“deep”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dnɔ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

дно • (dno) n inan (genitive дна, uncountable)
* bed (of a river), bottom (of a lake)
* (figurative) lowest stratum (of a capitalist society)

#### Declension
### Noun

дно • (dno) n inan (genitive дна, nominative plural де́на, genitive plural ден)
* bottom part (of an object)

#### Derived terms

* бездо́нний (bezdónnyj)
* дни́ще n (dnýšče)
* плоскодо́нний (ploskodónnyj)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дно”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “дно”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* “дно”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)