здалека

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• зда́леки (zdáleky) — dialectal, зда́леку (zdáleku), ізда́лека (izdáleka) — rare, ізда́леку (izdáleku) — rare

Etymology

From з (z, “from”) and дале́кий (dalékyj, “far, distant”). Compare Russian издалека́ (izdaleká), Polish z daleka. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzdaɫekɐ]

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Adverb

зда́лека • (zdáleka)

1. from afar, from far away, from a distance

   Synonym: віддалі́к (viddalík)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “здалека”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “здалека”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “здалека”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)