Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьśegъda. The все part is related to весь meaning "all, every, the whole". The -гда ending is also found in когда, see the etymology there. This ending may have derived from the genitive of год (god, period of time). See also годъ, тогда.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fsʲɪɡˈda]
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Adverb

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всегда́ (vsegdá)

  1. always
    • 1902, Леонид Андреев, Город; English translation from W. H. Lowe, transl., The City, London: Francis Griffith, 1910:
      По ночам Петров иногда выходил гулять, и швейцар Иван не понимал этих прогулок, так как возвращался Петров всегда трезвый и всегда один — без женщины.
      Po nočam Petrov inogda vyxodil guljatʹ, i švejcar Ivan ne ponimal etix progulok, tak kak vozvraščalsja Petrov vsegda trezvyj i vsegda odin — bez ženščiny.
      At night Petrov sometimes went for a walk, and Ivan the porter could not understand these walks, since Petrov always returned sober, and—alone.

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