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Bulgarian
Etymology
Formed from the ancestor of от (ot) + the genitive of Proto-Slavic *davьnъ (“ancient, past”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
отда́вна • (otdávna) (not comparable)
- long ago
Derived terms
- недавна (nedavna, “not long ago”) (archaic)
- издавна (izdavna, “since long ago”) (archaic)
References
- “отдавна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “давно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 312