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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 , published 1837:— Сказа́л бы слове́чко, да волк недале́чко, — сказа́л, нахму́рясь, Гаври́ла Афана́сьевич.- — Skazál by slovéčko, da volk nedaléčko, — skazál, naxmúrjasʹ, Gavríla Afanásʹjevič.
- "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)”
Сла́вное мо́ре — приво́льный Байка́л,
Сла́вный кора́бль — омулёвая бо́чка.
Ну, Баргузи́н, пошеве́ливай вал,
Плыть молодцу́ недале́чко!- Slávnoje móre — privólʹnyj Bajkál,
Slávnyj koráblʹ — omuljóvaja bóčka.
Nu, Barguzín, poševélivaj val,
Plytʹ molodcú nedaléčko! - 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. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “недале́чко”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN