дума

• IPA^(key): [ˈdumə]

ду̀ма • (dùma) f

1. word (unit of language)
2. word, account (the thing one talks about)
3. word, talk, conversation
4. word, promise, pledge
5. word, say, opinion, verdict
6. the right to speak, floor

• дума in Речник на българския език

• IPA^(key): [ˈduma]

From Proto-Slavic *duma (“thought”).

дума • (duma) f (plural думи)

1. (regional) word (unit of language)
2. (regional) thought

• (word): збор (zbor)
• (thought): мисла (misla)

1. (regional, archaic) to remember

From Russian ду́ма (dúma), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *duma (“thought”).

дума • (duma) f (uncountable)

1. duma (Russian legislature)

From Proto-Slavic *duma (“thought, care, council”), from Germanic, possibly Proto-Germanic *dōmaz (“judicial decision, act, thought”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “judgment, act, thought”), 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌹𐌰𐌽 (dōmian, “to judge”), 𐌳𐍉𐌼 (dōm, “council, thought”). Also compare modern German -tum, English -dom, doom.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdumə]

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ду́ма • (dúma) f inan (genitive ду́мы, nominative plural ду́мы, genitive plural дум)

1. thought, meditation
2. duma (Russian legislature)

• мысль (myslʹ), разду́мье (razdúmʹje)
• парла́мент (parláment)

• ду́матель (dúmatelʹ)
• ду́мный (dúmnyj)
• ду́мать (dúmatʹ)

From Proto-Slavic *duma (“thought, care, council”), from Germanic, possibly Proto-Germanic *dōmaz (“judicial decision, act, thought”), Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms, “judgment, act, thought”), 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌹𐌰𐌽 (dōmian, “to judge”), 𐌳𐍉𐌼 (dōm, “council, thought”). Also compare modern German -tum, English -dom, doom.

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ду́ма • (dúma) f inan (genitive ду́ми, nominative plural ду́ми)

1. A thought, meditation, idea.
2. A sung epic poem, of a type invented by Ukrainian Cossacks in the 16th century; a ballad, elegy.

• думка (dumka) (diminutive)
• dumka (English)

• ду́мати (dúmaty)

• дума in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka