иногда

Russian

Etymology

Inherited 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]
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  • 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

Synonyms

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