No. 2,061 in Russian
дня
The Russian word "дня" means "of the day" (genitive case of "день").
In a sentence
Сегодня прекрасный день для встречи.
Today is a wonderful day for a meeting.
In this sentence, 'день' is in the nominative case, referring to the subject of the day being described as wonderful.
Это произошло в течение дня.
It happened during the day.
Here, 'дня' is in the genitive case, which is used to indicate possession or a period of time within the day.
У меня не было времени до конца дня.
I didn't have time until the end of the day.
In this example, 'дня' is in the genitive case after the preposition 'до', which indicates the end point of a time period.
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