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діб

/[dʲib]/
Ukrainiannoun

Grammatical form

діб is the genitive plural form of доба́ — “day, nychthemeron, day and night.

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Definitions of доба noun · [dɔˈba]

Full entry for доба
  1. 1.day, nychthemeron, day and night
  2. 2.epoch, era, period, age
  3. 3.time(colloquial)

Etymology of доба

Inherited from Old Ruthenian доба (doba, “time, period”), from Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”). Considering that sense 1 (day, nychthemeron) was absent in Old Ruthenian, it is likely a semantic loan from Polish doba.

Forms

  • dibromanization

Paradigm of доба, with діб highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
доба́
Plural
до́би
Genitive
Singular
доби́
Plural
діб
Dative
Singular
добі́
Plural
до́бам
Accusative
Singular
добу́
Plural
до́би
Instrumental
Singular
добо́ю
Plural
до́бами
Locative
Singular
добі́
Plural
до́бах
Vocative
Singular
до́бо
Plural
до́би

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