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Ukrainian
Etymology
Univerbation of з (z, “from”) + покон (pokon, “the beginning”) (obsolete) + ві́ку (víku, “of the age”) genitive singular of вік (vik, “age, era, eon”). Compare Russian споко́н веку (spokón veku). Further from Old East Slavic конъ (konŭ, “limit”), from Proto-Slavic *konъ (“beginning, end”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
споконві́ку • (spokonvíku)
- from the beginning of time, since the dawn of time, from time immemorial, since time immemorial, from time out of mind, since time out of mind
1845, w:Taras Shevchenko, Кобзарь [Kobzar (The Bard)], Кавказ, "The Caucuses" (poem):За горами гори, хмарами повиті, / 3асіяні горем, кровию политі, / З-покон-віку Прометея / Там орел карає, / Що-день-божий довбе ребра, / Серце розбиває;- Za horamy hory, xmaramy povyti, / 3asijani horem, krovyju polyti, / Z-pokon-viku Prometeja / Tam orel karaje, / Ščo-denʹ-božyj dovbe rebra, / Serce rozbyvaje;
- Past mountains, more mountains: enshrouded in clouds, / Deep-seeded with mourning, deep-watered with blood. / There, since ancient times, the eagle / Mutilates Prometheus, / Each new day it claws to tatters / Ribs and heart still beating.
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Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “споконвіку”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “споконвіку”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “споконвіку”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “споконвіку”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “споконвіку”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)