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Russian
Etymology
оди́н (odín) + -жды (-ždy)
Pronunciation
Adverb
одна́жды • (odnáždy)
- once, one day, once upon a time
- Synonyms: ка́к-то (kák-to), ка́к-то раз (kák-to raz), не́когда (nékogda); (colloquial) раз (raz)
(Can we date this quote?), N. A. Nekrasov, Russian Peasant Children:
- once (only one time)
- Synonyms: еди́ножды (jedínoždy); (colloquial) раз (raz)
Живёшь то́лько одна́жды.- Živjóšʹ tólʹko odnáždy.
- you only live once
Further reading
- однажды in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru