иногда

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьnogъda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjinɔɡdɑ//ˈjinɔɡda//ˈjinɔɡda/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjinɔɡdɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjinɔɡda/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjinɔɡda/

Adverb

иногда (inogda)

  1. once, formerly
    • c. 1200, Kievan Chronicle:
      или како сѧ єси не домыслилъ. побѣдити ихъ иногда побѣжаꙗ полкы поганыхъ. болъгаръ
      ili kako sę jesi ne domyslilŭ. poběditi ixŭ inogda poběžaja polky poganyxŭ. bolŭgarŭ
      or how didst not thou figure out to overcome them, who once defeated armies of foul Bolgars

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: иногды (inohdy), иногда (inohda)
  • Russian: иногда́ (inogdá), и́ногды́ (ínogdý), инолды́ (inoldý)

References

  • Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 172:и́ногдаínogda

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic иногда (inogda), from Proto-Slavic *jьnogъda. By surface analysis, ино́й (inój) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ -гда (-gda); see когда́ (kogdá) for the origin of the last element.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪnɐɡˈda]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Adverb

иногда́ • (inogdá)

  1. sometimes, at times
    • 1913, Максим Горький, “VIII”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Иногда он, стоя в окне, как в раме, спрятав руки за спину, смотрел прямо на крышу, но меня как будто не видел, и это очень обижало.
      Inogda on, stoja v okne, kak v rame, sprjatav ruki za spinu, smotrel prjamo na kryšu, no menja kak budto ne videl, i eto očenʹ obižalo.
      Sometimes, standing there framed by the window, he looked straight at the roof, with his hands clasped behind him, but he didn’t seem to see me, and this I found very annoying.
  2. now and then

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