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Ukrainian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adverb
о́сторонь • (óstoronʹ)
- aside, away
1963, Борис Грінченко, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 342:Вона черкнула один сірник. Він зайнявся і зараз же погас. Сердито кинула вона його осторонь і запалила другий- Vona čerknula odyn sirnyk. Vin zajnjavsja i zaraz že pohas. Serdyto kynula vona joho ostoronʹ i zapalyla druhyj
- She struck one match. It started and immediately went out. She angrily threw it aside and lit the second one
- near, close by, aside, next to
1952, Леонід Смілянський, Сад, page 75:Я спиняю машину трохи осторонь шляху- Ja spynjaju mašynu troxy ostoronʹ šljaxu
- I stop the car a little off the road
1963, Олесь Гончар, Тронка, page 136:Осторонь столів під кущами лисняться .. барильця з вином.- Ostoronʹ stoliv pid kuščamy lysnjatʹsja .. barylʹcja z vynom.
- On the other side of the tables, under the bushes, barrels of wine are shining.
- apart
- around
- aloof, (apart from everybody else in a haughty way)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “осторонь”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “осторонь”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “осторонь”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)
- “осторонь”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “осторонь”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries