издали

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Russian

Etymology 1

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Adverb

и́здали (ízdali)

  1. from a distance, from afar
    • 1936, Владимир Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov], “Глава первая”, in Весна в Фиальте; English translation from Spring in Fialta, (Please provide a date or year):
      Я вошёл, уви́дел её и́здали и машина́льно, но безоши́бочно, определи́л, огляну́в други́х мужчи́н в ко́мнате, кто из них бо́льше зна́ет о ней, чем знал я.
      Ja vošól, uvídel jejó ízdali i mašinálʹno, no bezošíbočno, opredelíl, ogljanúv drugíx mužčín v kómnate, kto iz nix bólʹše znájet o nej, čem znal ja.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

изда́ли (izdáli)

  1. plural past indicative perfective of изда́ть (izdátʹ)