від
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- од (od)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *otъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʋʲid]
Audio: (file)
Preposition
від • (vid) (+ genitive case)
- (away) from (a general point of departure to state the direction of the movement, without implying that the subject was inside a space such as a building or a geographical place)
- from (in the fixed expression "to be far from")
- далеко від ― daleko vid ― far from
- from (in the fixed expression "stay away from... !")
- тримайся подалі від...! ― trymajsja podali vid...! ― Stay away from ... !
- from/between (in the fixed expression "from... to...", without implying change or movement) e.g. "The temperature is between 2 to 3°C", Температура коливається від двох до трьох градусів за Цельсієм. By contrast, "I move from L'viv to Kyiv" Переїжджаю зі Львова до Києва)
- Coordinate term: (from, but referring to movement or change, or coming from a place) з (z)
- Температура коливається від двох до трьох градусів за Цельсієм. ― Temperatura kolyvajetʹsja vid dvox do trʹox hradusiv za Celʹsijem. ― The temperature is between 2 to 3°C
- of, out of (to express cause)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “від”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka