дома

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• doma — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian дома (doma). Compare Polish doma and Russian до́ма (dóma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoma]

• Audio:

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Adverb

до́ма • (dóma)

1. at home (in one's place of residence)
   • 1846, Jan Czeczot, editor, Piosnki wieśniacze z nad Niemna i Dźwiny, Wilno: Józef Zawadzki, page 30:

     Jak za starym byłō panom
     Lochko na rabotu;
     Uwiēś tydziēń siedzī doma,
     Szarwarka ú subotu.

     Under the old master
     The workload was so light:
     Stay the whole week at home,
     And do szarwark on Saturday.

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 227:

     — Прашу прабачэння, — гаварыў містэр Тутс, нібы раптоўна прышла яму ў галаву думка. — Ці дома маладая асоба?

     — Prašu prabačennja, — havaryŭ mister Tuts, niby raptóŭna pryšla jamu ŭ halavu dumka. — Ci dóma maladaja asóba?

     [original: "Oh, I beg your pardon," Mr. Toots would say, as if a thought had suddenly descended on him. "Is the young woman at home?"]

Noun

до́ма • (dóma) m inan

1. genitive singular of дом (dom)

See also

• дадо́му (dadómu)

References

• Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “дома”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 271
• “дома”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “дома” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

Originally probably with stem stress, as in the other Slavic languages. Reanalyzed as the definite objective singular of дом (dom, “house”); hence the ending stress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈma]

• Audio:

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Adverb

дома́ • (domá) (not comparable)

1. (at) home

   у дома́ съм ― u domá sǎm ― I'm (at) home

   ела́ у дома́ ― elá u domá ― come home

   дома́ да и́дем (poetic) ― domá da ídem ― let's go home

Usage notes

• Normally used with a preposition (usually у (u), sometimes до (do)); use without a preposition is archaic, poetic, or dialectal.

Anagrams

• мода (moda)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *doma, from *domъ. Compare дом (dom, “home”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔma]

Adverb

дома • (doma) (not comparable)

1. at home
2. in the family

Synonyms

• домаси (domasi) (dialectal)
• вкуќи (vkuḱi) (dialectal)

Noun

дома • (doma) f

1. (colloquial) home

Declension

Declension of дома

	singular
indefinite	дома
definite unspecified	домата
definite proximal	домава
definite distal	домана
vocative	домо

Old Church Slavonic

Adverb

дома • (doma)

1. at home

Descendants

• Russian: до́ма (dóma)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: до̏ма

  Latin script: dȍma

Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔma]
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: до‧ма

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Slovak doma, from Proto-Slavic *doma.

Adverb

дома (doma)

1. at home

   оцец нє дома ― ocec nje doma ― father is not at home

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “дома”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “home”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 138

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

дома (doma)

1. genitive singular of дом (dom)

Russian

Pronunciation

• до́ма: IPA^(key): [ˈdomə]
• дома́: IPA^(key): [dɐˈma]

• Audio; “до́ма” (“dóma”):

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Adverb

до́ма • (dóma)

1. at home
   • (Can we date this quote?), Daniil Kharms, Рассказы для детей [Stories for Children]:

     — Вот, Ле́ночка, — сказа́ла тётя, — я ухожу́, а ты остава́йся до́ма и будь у́мницей.

     — Vot, Lénočka, — skazála tjótja, — ja uxožú, a ty ostavájsja dóma i budʹ úmnicej.

     - So, Lenochka, - auntie said, - I am going but you stay at home and be a good girl.

Noun

до́ма • (dóma) m inan

1. genitive singular of дом (dom)
   • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 3:31:

     И пришли Матерь и братья Его и, стоя вне дома, послали к Нему звать Его.

     I prišli Materʹ i bratʹja Jevo i, stoja vne doma, poslali k Nemu zvatʹ Jevo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

дома́ • (domá) m inan pl

1. nominative/accusative plural of дом (dom)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dôma/
• Hyphenation: до‧ма

Adverb

до̏ма (Latin spelling dȍma)

1. at home
2. towards home, home