віддавна

Ukrainian

Univerbation of від (vid) +‎ да́вна (dávna), derived from давно́ (davnó). Compare Polish od dawna.

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відда́вна • (viddávna)

long, for a long time (since an unspecified point in the distant past)
Synonym: зда́вна (zdávna)

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “віддавна”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “віддавна”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “віддавна”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “віддавна”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
“віддавна”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
“віддавна”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)