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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
и́сстари • (ísstari)
- since long ago
- Synonyms: и́здавна (ízdavna), и́здре́вле (ízdrévle)
1877, Иван Тургенев, “Часть первая. XIX”, in Новь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Virgin Soil, 1920:Спе́реди находи́лся палиса́дник, а сза́ди сад; а в саду́ — что клету́шек, пу́шек, амба́рчиков, погребко́в, ледничко́в… — как есть гнездо́! И не то что́бы во всех э́тих помеще́ниях сохраня́лось мно́го добра́ — ины́е уже́ и завали́лись; да заведено́ всё э́то бы́ло и́сстари — ну, и держа́лось.- Spéredi naxodílsja palisádnik, a szádi sad; a v sadú — što kletúšek, púšek, ambárčikov, pogrebkóv, ledničkóv… — kak jestʹ gnezdó! I ne to štóby vo vsex étix pomeščénijax soxranjálosʹ mnógo dobrá — inýje užé i zavalílisʹ; da zavedenó vsjo éto býlo ísstari — nu, i deržálosʹ.
- In front was a little palisade, and behind a garden, and in the garden outbuildings of every sort, granaries, cellars, ice-houses . . . a perfect nest of them! And it was not that there were many goods stored in all these outhouses; some, indeed, were tumbling down; but it had all been so arranged in old days, and so it had remained.