долу
/[ˈdɔɫo]/
Bulgarianadv
Definitions
- 1.down, downward
- 2.below
по́-до́лу
pó-dólu — lower
на́й-до́лу
náj-dólu — lowest
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- надо́лу
- отдо́лу
Antonyms
- го́ре
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).
Forms
- до́луcanonical
- dóluromanization
- по́-до́луcomparative
- на́й-до́луsuperlative