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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *storna. Doublet of страна́ (straná), a borrowing from old Church Slavonic.

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  • IPA(key): [stərɐˈna]
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сторона́ (storonáf inan (genitive стороны́, nominative plural сто́роны, genitive plural сторо́н, relational adjective сторо́нний, diminutive сторо́нка)

  1. side, hand, party
    с ле́вой стороны́s lévoj storonýon the left side
    с одно́й стороны́s odnój storonýon the one hand
    на той стороне́ у́лицыna toj storoné úlicyacross the street
    в сто́рону от зри́телейv stóronu ot zrítelejaside from the audience
  2. direction, quarter
    с како́й стороны́ ве́тер?s kakój storoný véter?from what direction is the wind blowing?
    четы́ре стороны́ све́таčetýre storoný svétathe four cardinal points
  3. place, region, country
    на́ сторонуstoronuabroad
  4. distance
    в стороне́v storonéaloof, aside
    в сто́ронуv stóronuaside, apart

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *storna.

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сторона́ (storonáf inan (genitive сторони́, nominative plural сто́рони, genitive plural сторі́н)

  1. side
  2. party, side
  3. country, land

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