подле

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic подьлѣ (podĭlě), from Proto-Slavic *podьlě. Cognates include Polish podle, Czech podle, Slovak podľa. Related to во́зле (vózle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpodlʲe]

Preposition

по́дле • (pódle) [with genitive]

  1. (dated) beside, near
    Synonyms: во́зле (vózle), ря́дом (rjádom)
    • 1873, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], Бобок; English translation from Bobok, (Please provide a date or year):
      Я начина́ю ви́деть и слы́шать каки́е-то стра́нные ве́щи. Не то что́бы голоса́, а так как бу́дто кто по́дле: «Бобо́к, бобо́к, бобо́к!»
      Ja načináju vídetʹ i slýšatʹ kakíje-to stránnyje véšči. Ne to štóby golosá, a tak kak búdto kto pódle: «Bobók, bobók, bobók!»
      I am beginning to see and hear strange things, not voices exactly, but as though some one beside me were muttering, “bobok, bobok, bobok!”
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