отдавна

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [odˈdavnɐ]
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Adverb

отда́вна • (otdávna) (not comparable)

long ago

Derived terms

отдавнашен (otdavnašen, “long past”)

Related terms

недавна (nedavna, “not long ago”) (archaic)
издавна (izdavna, “since long ago”) (archaic)

References

“отдавна”, 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), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 312

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