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Russian
- свида́нье (svidánʹje) — poetic and old-fashioned spelling
Etymology
сви́деться (svídetʹsja) + -ание (-anije)
Pronunciation
Noun
свида́ние • (svidánije) n inan (genitive свида́ния, nominative plural свида́ния, genitive plural свида́ний)
- appointment; date
- Synonyms: встре́ча f (vstréča), рандеву́ n (randɛvú), романтик m (romantik), стре́лка f (strélka)
- до свида́ния ― do svidánija ― goodbye
- до ско́рого свида́ния ― do skórovo svidánija ― see you soon
1860, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “XVI”, in Первая любовь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., First Love, 1897:Я чу́вствовал стра́нное волне́ние: то́чно я ходи́л на свида́ние — и оста́лся одино́ким и прошё́л ми́мо чужо́го сча́стия.- Ja čúvstvoval stránnoje volnénije: tóčno ja xodíl na svidánije — i ostálsja odinókim i prošól mímo čužóvo sčástija.
- I felt a strange sensation; as though I had gone to a tryst, and had been left lonely, and had passed close by another's happiness.
- visit (with a prisoner, patient, etc.)
- Synonyms: визи́т m (vizít), посеще́ние f (poseščénije)
Declension
References
- Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “свидание”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 304