недавна

Bulgarian

Etymology

Formed from the ancestor of не (ne) + Proto-Slavic *davьnъ (“ancient, past”), with final -а under the influence of изда́вна (izdávna) and отда́вна (otdávna) (where it is a fossilized genitive case ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛˈdavnɐ]

Adverb

неда́вна • (nedávna) (not comparable)

1. (archaic) not long ago

Derived terms

• неда́внашен (nedávnašen, “recent”)

Related terms

• изда́вна (izdávna, “since long ago”) (archaic)
• отда́вна (otdávna, “long ago”)

References

• “недавна”, 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