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Russian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adverb
недале́чко • (nedaléčko)
- diminutive of недалеко́ (nedalekó): not far, not far away, not far off, nearby, close
c. 1827 - 1828, Alexander Pushkin, chapter 4, in Арап Петра Великого [Arap Petra Velikovo, The Moor of Peter the Great], published 1837:— Сказал бы словечко, да волк недалечко, — сказал, нахмурясь, Гаврила Афанасьевич.- — Skazal by slovečko, da volk nedalečko, — skazal, naxmurjasʹ, Gavrila Afanasʹjevič.
- "I'd add a word or two of my own, but even the walls have ears ," said Gavrila Afanasevich, frowning.
- 1848, Dmitrij Davydov, “Думы беглеца на Байкале (Thoughts of a Runaway in Baikal)”
Славное море — привольный Байкал,
Славный корабль — омулёвая бочка.
Ну, Баргузин, пошевеливай вал,
Плыть молодцу недалечко!- Slavnoje more — privolʹnyj Bajkal,
Slavnyj korablʹ — omuljóvaja bočka.
Nu, Barguzin, poševelivaj val,
Plytʹ molodcu nedalečko! - Glorious sea – vast Baikal,
glorious boat – an omul barrel.
Well, Barguzin, stir the billowing waves,
not far off for a lad to float.
Ukrainian
Etymology
недале́чкий (nedaléčkyj) + -о (-o)
Pronunciation
Adverb
недале́чко • (nedaléčko)
- endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, “not far”)
Predicative
недале́чко • (nedaléčko)
- endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, “not far; not long ”)
Preposition
недале́чко • (nedaléčko)
- endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, “not far from”)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “недале́чко”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “недале́чко”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN