падь

Back-formation from падать (padatʹ, “to fall”)

• IPA^(key): [patʲ]

падь • (padʹ) f inan (genitive па́ди, nominative plural па́ди, genitive plural паде́й)

1. (dialectal, Ukraine, East Siberia, Far East) A deep narrow valley, gorge, or riverbank, especially one that is foresty
2. honeydew (sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects)

• падь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Back-formation from падати (padaty, “to fall”)

• IPA^(key): [padʲ]

падь • (padʹ) f inan (genitive па́ді, nominative plural па́ді, genitive plural па́дей)

1. A deep narrow valley, gorge, or riverbank, especially one that is foresty
2. honeydew (sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves by insects)

• медо́ва падь (medóva padʹ)

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “падь”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “падь”, 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), “падь”, 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
• “падь”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)