издавна

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formed from the ancestor of из (iz, “from”) + the genitive of Proto-Slavic *davьnъ (“ancient, past”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [izˈdavnɐ]

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Adverb

изда́вна • (izdávna) (not comparable)

1. (archaic) since long ago

Related terms

• недавна (nedavna, “not long ago”) (archaic)
• отдавна (otdavna, “long ago”)

References

• “издавна”, 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

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈizdəvnə]

Adverb

и́здавна • (ízdavna)

1. long since; since long ago

   Synonym: и́сстари (ísstari)

   • 1843, Владимир Одоевский [Vladimir Odoyevsky], Город без имени; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):

     Есте́ственная поэти́ческая стихи́я и́здавна была́ умерщвлена́ коры́стными расчё́тами по́льзы.

     Jestéstvennaja poetíčeskaja stixíja ízdavna bylá umerščvlená korýstnymi rasčótami pólʹzy.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• давно́ (davnó)