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Russian
Etymology
да́вний (dávnij) + -о́ (-ó). Compare Czech dávno and Polish dawno.
Pronunciation
Adverb
давно́ • (davnó) (diminutive давне́нько)
- long ago
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dǎːʋno/
- Hyphenation: да‧вно
Adverb
да́вно (Latin spelling dávno)
- long ago
Ukrainian
Etymology
From да́вній (dávnij) + -о́ (-ó).
Pronunciation
Adverb
давно́ • (davnó)
- long ago, a long time ago, long since
- Antonym: неда́вно (nedávno)
- long, for a long time
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “давно”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “давно”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “давно”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “давно”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)