недалечко

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Russian

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nʲɪdɐˈlʲet͡ɕkə]

Adverb

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недале́чко (nedaléčko)

  1. diminutive of недалеко́ (nedalekó): not far, not far away, not far off, nearby, close
    • c. 1827–1828 (written), 1837 (published), Alexander Pushkin, Арап Петра Великого (Arap Petra Velikovo) (The Moor of Peter the Great), Chapter 4
      — Сказал бы словечко, да волк недалечко, — сказал, нахмурясь, Гаврила Афанасьевич.
      — Skazal by slovečko, da volk nedalečko, — skazal, naxmurjasʹ, Gavrila Afanasʹjevič.
      "I'd add a word or two of my own, but even the walls have ears [literally, the wolf is not far away]," said Gavrila Afanasevich, frowning.
    • 1848, Dmitrij Davydov, “Думы беглеца на Байкале (Thoughts of a Runaway in Baikal)”
      Славное море — привольный Байкал,
      Славный корабль — омулёвая бочка.
      Ну, Баргузин, пошевеливай вал,
      Плыть молодцу недалечко!
      Slavnoje more — privolʹnyj Bajkal,
      Slavnyj korablʹ — omuljóvaja bočka.
      Nu, Barguzin, poševelivaj val,
      Plytʹ molodcu nedalečko!
      Glorious sea – vast Baikal,
      [My] glorious boat – an omul barrel.
      Well, Barguzin, stir the billowing waves,
      [It's] not far off for a lad to float.

Ukrainian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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недале́чкий (nedaléčkyj) +‎ (-o)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nedɐˈɫɛt͡ʃkɔ]

Adverb

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недале́чко (nedaléčko)

  1. endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, not far)

Predicative

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недале́чко (nedaléčko)

  1. endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, not far; not long [until])

Preposition

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недале́чко (nedaléčko)

  1. endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, not far from)

Further reading

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