давно

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak dávno. By surface analysis, давни (davni) +‎ -о (-o).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdavnɔ]
• Rhymes: -avnɔ
• Hyphenation: дав‧но

Adverb

давно (davno) (comparative давнєйше, superlative найдавнєйше)

1. long ago

   раз давно ― raz davno ― once upon a time (literally, “one time long ago”)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “давно”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “ago”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 20

Russian

Etymology

да́вний (dávnij) +‎ -о́ (-ó). Compare Czech dávno and Polish dawno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɐvˈno]

• Audio:

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Adverb

давно́ • (davnó) (diminutive давне́нько)

1. long ago

Related terms

• да́вний (dávnij), да́вность f (dávnostʹ)
• давны́м-давно́ (davným-davnó)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǎːʋno/
• Hyphenation: да‧вно

Adverb

да́вно (Latin spelling dávno)

1. long ago

Related terms

• да̑внӣ

Further reading

• “давно”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

From да́вній (dávnij) +‎ -о́ (-ó).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɐu̯ˈnɔ]

• Audio:

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Adverb

давно́ • (davnó)

1. long ago, a long time ago, long since

   Antonyms: неда́вно (nedávno), нещода́вно (neščodávno)

2. long, for a long time

   Antonym: ненадо́вго (nenadóvho)

Derived terms

• давномину́лий (davnomynúlyj)
• давноочі́куваний (davnoočíkuvanyj)
• зда́вна (zdávna)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “давно”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “давно”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “давно”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “давно”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)