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Russian
Adjective
недалекий • (nedaljókij)
- Alternative spelling of недалёкий (nedaljókij)
Ukrainian
Etymology
From не- (ne-) + дале́кий (dalékyj). Compare Russian недалёкий (nedaljókij), Belarusian недалёкі (njedaljóki), Polish niedaleki.
Pronunciation
Adjective
недале́кий • (nedalékyj) (adverb недале́ко, abstract noun недале́кість)
- close, near, nearby, not far, not far away, not far off (in space)
- Synonym: близьки́й (blyzʹkýj)
- not long (road, way)
- recent
- Synonym: неда́вній (nedávnij)
- у недале́кому мину́лому ― u nedalékomu mynúlomu ― in the recent past
- near, not far off, not too distant (in time)
- у недале́кому майбу́тньому ― u nedalékomu majbútnʹomu ― in the near future, in the not too distant future
- (figurative) dim, dim-witted, dull-witted, narrow-minded
- Synonyms: вузькогля́дний (vuzʹkohljádnyj), вузьколо́бий (vuzʹkolóbyj), недоу́мкуватий (nedoúmkuvatyj), обме́жений (obméženyj), приду́ркуватий (prydúrkuvatyj)
Declension
Declension of недале́кий (hard)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “недалекий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “недалекий”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “недалекий”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “недалекий”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “недалекий”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “недалекий”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “недалекий”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)