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Ukrainian
Etymology
From до- (do-) + пото́п (potóp) + -ний (-nyj); literally, “before the flood”. Compare Russian допото́пный (dopotópnyj), Belarusian дапато́пны (dapatópny).
Pronunciation
Adjective
допото́пний • (dopotópnyj)
- (biblical) antediluvian (pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood)
- antediluvian (ancient or antiquated)
- Synonym: старови́нний (starovýnnyj)
- antediluvian (extremely dated)
- Synonyms: старомо́дний (staromódnyj), застарі́лий (zastarílyj)
Declension
Declension of допото́пний (hard)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “допотопний”, 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), “допотопний”, 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
- “допотопний”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “допотопний”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “допотопний”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)