Долоня мокра.

In Ukrainian, the present tense of to be is usually not expressed in simple sentences like this.

So:

• Долоня мокра = The palm is wet

Literally, it is just Palm wet, but it naturally means The palm is wet.

This is very normal in Ukrainian. Compare:

• Вода холодна = The water is cold
• Кімната тиха = The room is quiet

If you want past or future, then forms of бути are used:

• Долоня була мокра = The palm was wet
• Долоня буде мокра = The palm will be wet

Because the adjective must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

Долоня is a feminine singular noun, so the adjective also has to be feminine singular:

• masculine: мокрий
• feminine: мокра
• neuter: мокре
• plural: мокрі

So:

• мокра долоня = a wet palm
• Долоня мокра = The palm is wet

Both долоня and мокра are feminine singular nominative here.

Долоня is feminine.

A common clue is the ending -я. Many Ukrainian nouns ending in -а or -я are feminine.

Examples:

• книга = feminine
• земля = feminine
• долоня = feminine

Because it is feminine, adjectives describing it also take feminine forms, such as мокра.

Not exactly.

• долоня = palm of the hand
• рука = hand or arm, depending on context

So Долоня мокра specifically means the palm is wet, not the whole hand in a general sense.

This is an important vocabulary distinction:

• рука мокра = The hand/arm is wet
• долоня мокра = The palm is wet

Yes. That is grammatical, but the nuance is slightly different.

• Долоня мокра puts focus on the palm as the topic, then says something about it: The palm is wet
• Мокра долоня is more like a wet palm as a noun phrase, though in the right context it can also function as a sentence fragment or stylistic sentence

In normal neutral speech, if you mean a full sentence, Долоня мокра is the clearest equivalent of The palm is wet.

It is in the nominative case.

In this sentence, долоня is the subject, so nominative is expected.

The adjective мокра also appears in nominative feminine singular to match it.

So the structure is:

• долоня = nominative singular feminine
• мокра = nominative singular feminine adjective

A rough pronunciation guide for an English speaker is:

• долоня ≈ doh-LO-nya
• мокра ≈ MO-kra

Stress:

• доло́ня
• мо́кра

A few useful notes:

• я in долоня sounds roughly like ya
• кр in мокра is a consonant cluster, so say it cleanly: mo-kra, not mo-kuh-ra

Мокрий / мокра / мокре usually means wet.

Depending on context, English might sometimes translate it as damp, but мокрий normally suggests clear wetness.

If you want something more like moist or slightly damp, Ukrainian may use other words depending on context, such as вологий.

So:

• мокра долоня = definitely wet palm
• волога долоня = could sound more like moist/damp palm

Ukrainian has no articles like the or a/an, so the sentence itself does not mark that distinction directly.

Долоня мокра could correspond to:

• The palm is wet
• A palm is wet

In practice, context usually makes it clear. In many learning examples, the most natural English translation is The palm is wet.

Grammatically, є can mean is, but in sentences like this it is usually not used.

So:

• natural: Долоня мокра
• less natural in this basic descriptive meaning: Долоня є мокра

Using є is more common in meanings like there is/are or in certain emphatic or formal contexts.

For a beginner, the safest rule is: for simple present-tense descriptions, just omit is/am/are.

It can, but the sentence here is built as a subject + predicate adjective structure, not a noun phrase.

Compare:

• мокра долоня = a wet palm

  • adjective + noun
  • this is a noun phrase

• Долоня мокра = The palm is wet

  • noun + adjective
  • this is a full sentence with an omitted is

So the word order changes because the grammar is different, not just because Ukrainian places adjectives after nouns.

Yes, Ukrainian word order is fairly flexible, but the emphasis changes.

Possible versions include:

• Долоня мокра = neutral, natural
• Мокра долоня = usually wet palm as a phrase, or poetic/emphatic as a sentence
• Мокра є долоня or similar patterns are possible in special contexts, but not the basic everyday choice

For a learner, Долоня мокра is the best standard sentence form here.