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Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъzdьlě. Compare Polish wedle and Czech vedle from Proto-Slavic *vъdьlě, as well as по́дле (pódle) from Proto-Slavic *podьlě. Syntactically, воз- (voz-) + an element related to длина́ (dliná, “length”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
во́зле • (vózle) (+ genitive case)
- beside, by, near
- Synonyms: по́дле (pódle), ря́дом (rjádom), о́коло (ókolo)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “возле”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress