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)

1. 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