даун

Russian

Etymology

From Да́ун (Dáun), from синдро́м Да́уна (sindróm Dáuna), from the surname of British physician John Langdon Down, who described the syndrome in the 1860s.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdaʊn]

Noun

да́ун • (dáun) m anim (genitive да́уна, nominative plural да́уны, genitive plural да́унов)

  1. (colloquial) someone with Down syndrome
  2. (figuratively, vernacular, offensive, disparaging or ironic) downie, mongoloid, retard, spaz, spastic
    Synonyms: дура́к (durák), идио́т (idiót)

Declension
Declension of да́ун (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative да́ун
dáun		 да́уны
dáuny
genitive да́уна
dáuna		 да́унов
dáunov
dative да́уну
dáunu		 да́унам
dáunam
accusative да́уна
dáuna		 да́унов
dáunov
instrumental да́уном
dáunom		 да́унами
dáunami
prepositional да́уне
dáune		 да́унах
dáunax

Derived terms
  • Даунба́сс (Daunbáss, “Donbass, derogatory name used by Ukrainians against the Donbass separatists”)
  • майда́ун (majdáun, “derogatory name for Maidan protestors in Ukraine”)
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