недалечко

Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪdɐˈlʲet͡ɕkə]

Adverb

недале́чко • (nedaléčko)

1. diminutive of недалеко́ (nedalekó): not far, not far away, not far off, nearby, close
   • c.  1827 - 1828, Alexander Pushkin, chapter 4, in Арап Петра Великого [Arap Petra Velikovo, The Moor of Peter the Great], published 1837:

     — Сказал бы словечко, да волк недалечко, — сказал, нахмурясь, Гаврила Афанасьевич.

     — Skazal by slovečko, da volk nedalečko, — skazal, naxmurjasʹ, Gavrila Afanasʹjevič.

     "I'd add a word or two of my own, but even the walls have ears [literally, “the wolf is not far away”]," said Gavrila Afanasevich, frowning.

   • 1848, Dmitrij Davydov, “Думы беглеца на Байкале (Thoughts of a Runaway in Baikal)”

     Славное море — привольный Байкал,
     Славный корабль — омулёвая бочка.
     Ну, Баргузин, пошевеливай вал,
     Плыть молодцу недалечко!

     Slavnoje more — privolʹnyj Bajkal,
     Slavnyj korablʹ — omuljóvaja bočka.
     Nu, Barguzin, poševelivaj val,
     Plytʹ molodcu nedalečko!

     Glorious sea – vast Baikal,
     [My] glorious boat – an omul barrel.
     Well, Barguzin, stir the billowing waves,
     [It's] not far off for a lad to float.

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• (rare) недале́чке (nedaléčke), недале́чка (nedaléčka)

Etymology

недале́чкий (nedaléčkyj) +‎ -о (-o)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nedɐˈɫɛt͡ʃkɔ]

Adverb

недале́чко • (nedaléčko)

1. endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, “not far”)

Predicative

недале́чко • (nedaléčko)

1. endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, “not far; not long [until]”)

Preposition

недале́чко • (nedaléčko)

1. endearing diminutive of недале́ко (nedaléko, “not far from”)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “недале́чко”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “недале́чко”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN