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день

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nounmasculineinanimatecountablenoun in -ь
  • 1.

    day

    Он рабо́тает шесть дней в неде́лю.

    He works six days a week.

  • 2.

    daytime, daylight hours

    Днём на у́лице бы́ло жа́рко.

    During the day it was hot outside.

    Often in the instrumental днём 'in the daytime'.

  • 3.

    afternoon, early evening

    Встре́тимся в три ча́са дня.

    Let's meet at three in the afternoon.

    In the genitive дня after a clock time: roughly noon to 6 p.m.

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Declension

⚠️ Stress change.

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

день

дни

Gen.Genitive

дня

дней

Dat.Dative

дню

дням

Acc.Accusative

день

дни

Inst.Instrumental

днём

дня́ми

Prep.Prepositional

дне

дня́х

Typical usagePRO

  • Routine and frequency

    • ка́ждый день

      every day

    • че́рез день

      every other day

    • раз в день

      once a day

    • три ра́за в день

      three times a day

  • Sequence and scheduling

    • на сле́дующий день

      the next day

    • в тот же день

      the same day

    • на второ́й день

      on the second day

    • че́рез два дня

      in two days

  • Within the day and limits

    • в тече́ние дня

      during the day

    • к концу́ дня

      by the end of the day

    • до конца́ дня

      until the end of the day

    • с нача́ла дня

      since the start of the day

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • nrimanliyev edited translation 1 month ago.
  • drvuquangson edited declension 9 months ago.