возле

• во́злѣ (vózlě) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъzdьlě. Compare Polish wedle and Czech vedle from Proto-Slavic *vъdьlě, as well as по́дле (pódle) from Proto-Slavic *podьlě. Syntactically, воз- (voz-) + an element related to длина́ (dliná, “length”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoz⁽ʲ⁾lʲe]

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во́зле • (vózle) [with genitive]

1. beside, by, near

   Synonyms: по́дле (pódle), ря́дом (rjádom), о́коло (ókolo)

   • 1998, Борис Акунин [Boris Akunin], “Глава вторая”, in Турецкий гамбит, Москва: Захаров; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., The Turkish Gambit, New York: Random House, 2005:

     Он ме́дленно подошёл к игра́ющим, мину́т пять стоя́л во́зле стола́, наблюда́я.

     On médlenno podošól k igrájuščim, minút pjatʹ stojál vózle stolá, nabljudája.

     He walked slowly over to the gamblers and stood beside their table for five minutes, observing.

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “возле”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress