незадовго
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of не (ne) + задо́вго (zadóvho). Compare Russian незадо́лго (nezadólgo), Belarusian незадо́ўга (njezadóŭha).
Pronunciation
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Adverb
[edit]незадо́вго • (nezadóvho)
- shortly, not long, a short time (before/prior to: до + genitive or перед + instrumental)
- (dialectal) Synonym of ско́ро (skóro) and of незаба́ром (nezabárom).
Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “незадовго”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “незадовго”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “незадовго”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “незадовго”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “незадовго”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “незадовго”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)