до
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *do, from Proto-Indo-European *de.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɔ]
Audio (file)
Preposition
до • (do)
Dungan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ²⁴/
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɔ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔ
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *do.
Preposition
до • (do)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian do, from the name of musicologist Giovanni Battista Doni.
Nanai
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *dō, compare Manchu ᡩᠣ (do).
Old East Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *do. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic до (do) and Old Polish do.
Pronunciation
Preposition
до (do) (+ genitive)
- up to
- 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik, page 2:
- ѥгда чьтеши книгꙑ· не тъштисѧ бърꙁо иштисти до дроугыꙗ главиꙁнꙑ·
- jegda čĭteši knigy· ne tŭštisę bŭrzo ištisti do drugyja glavizny·
- when you read books, don't strive to quickly read on to the following chapter.
- until
Descendants
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “до”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 670
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *do, from Proto-Indo-European *de, whence English to.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [də]
- IPA(key): [dɐ] (before a stressed syllable)
- IPA(key): [ˈdo] (when stressed)
Audio (file)
Preposition
до • (do) (+ genitive case)
- before
- up to, till, until
- with respect to, concerning, regarding
Derived terms
- до того́ как (do tovó kak)
Related terms
- до- (do-)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [do]
Noun
до • (do) n inan (indeclinable)
- (musical note) C
- до́ дие́з ― dó dijéz/diéz ― C sharp
- до́ бемо́ль ― dó bemólʹ ― C flat
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *do, from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /dô/
Adverb
до̏ (Latin spelling dȍ)
Preposition
до̏ (Latin spelling dȍ) (+ genitive case)
- up to, to, until, as far as, by
- од Загреба до Београда ― from Zagreb to Belgrade
- од јутра до мрака ― from morning to night
- од 5 до 10 сати ― from 5 to 10 o'clock
- од врха до дна ― from top to bottom
- до р(иј)еке ― as far as the river
- сад је пет до седам ― now it's five minutes to seven
- до понед(ј)ељка ― by Monday
- до сада ― so far, thus far, till now
- до недавна ― until recently
- до дана данашњега ― to this very day
- све до ― as far as up to, all the way to
- до куда ― how far
- до туда ― thus far, up to here
- before (= при̏је/пре̏)
- до рата ― before the war
- beside, next (to)
- с(ј)еди до мене ― sit next to me
- један до другога ― side by side
- idiomatic and figurative meanings
- није ми до тога ― I don't feel like doing that
- није ми до см(иј)еха ― I don't feel like laughing
- њему је само до секса ― he is only interested in sex
- није ми пуно стало до тога ― I'm not very much interested in that
- није до мене ― it's not up to me, it's no me to lame
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dolъ.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dôː/
Declension
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dôː/
Tsakhur
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Slavic *do, from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɔ]
Audio (file)
Preposition
до • (do) (+ genitive case)
Derived terms
- додому (dodomu) (homewards)
- до побачення (do pobačennja) (until next time)
See also
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “до”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka