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# ancient — English to Ukrainian

How English *ancient* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [ancient in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ancient/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: ancient (51). By style: everyday 24 · biblical 27.

## давні

Used about 12 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 6). Forms: давна, давні.

- I like learning **ancient** languages.
  Я люблю вивчати **давні** мови.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#2439770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2439770) [\#511335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/511335))

- I have considered the days of old, the years of **ancient** times.
  Спогадав я днї **давні**, лїта віків минувших.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 77:5)

- I like to learn **ancient** languages.
  Я люблю вивчати **давні** мови.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#2439768](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2439768) [\#511335](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/511335))

- Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to the LORD as in the days of old and as in **ancient** years.
  Тодї люба буде Господеві жертва Юдина й Ерусалимова, як у давні **давна** й в давні роки.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAL 3:4)

- Maxwell studies **ancient** manuscripts.
  Максвел вивчає **давні** рукописи.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#8837193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8837193) [\#1104588](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1104588))

## стародавні

Used about 5 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5).

- I like learning **ancient** languages.
  Я люблю вивчати **стародавні** мови.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eldad and mkazarian · checked, community translation · [\#2439770](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2439770) [\#6551718](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6551718))

- **Ancient** Greeks knew about static electricity.
  **Стародавні** греки знали про статичну електрику.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by DJ\_Saidez and Ahha · checked, community translation · [\#9524942](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9524942) [\#9544904](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9544904))

- **Ancient** customs are dying out quickly today.
  **Стародавні** традиції сьогодні швидко помирають.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and uaspeaker · checked, community translation · [\#243022](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/243022) [\#492074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/492074))

- Looters stole **ancient** artifacts from the tomb.
  Мародери вкрали **стародавні** артефакти з могили.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#1773979](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1773979) [\#2427932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2427932))

- The **ancient** languages are the most difficult.
  **Стародавні** мови найскладніші.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#11676525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11676525) [\#11676548](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11676548))

## максвел

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

- Maxwell studies **ancient** manuscripts.
  **Максвел** досліджує старі манускрипти.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by deniko and aandrusiak · checked, community translation · [\#8837193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8837193) [\#1104589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1104589))

## мови

Used about 1 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1).

- Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far away, house of Israel,” says the LORD. “It is a mighty nation. It is an **ancient** nation, a nation whose language you don’t know and don’t understand what they say.
  Ось, я напущу на вас, доме Ізраїля, народ здалеку, говорить Господь, народ потужний, народ давнезний, народ, що **мови** його ти не знаєш, і що він говорить, ти незрозумієш.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 5:15)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- It is an **ancient** midden, presently an archaeological treasury.
  Це стародавній смітник, натепер - археологічна скарбниця.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shanghainese and shanghainese · checked, community translation · [\#1594669](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1594669) [\#3936036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3936036))

- He wrote a novel based on **ancient** myths.
  Він написав роман, що базується на стародавніх міфах.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#296138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/296138) [\#1639696](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1639696))

- Cats were sacred animals in **ancient** Egypt.
  Кішки у Стародавньому Єгипті були священними тваринами.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and triantafillou · checked, community translation · [\#1106904](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1106904) [\#4907129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4907129))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [Ukrainian grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/uk/) · [translating between English and Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-uk/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into Ukrainian](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-uk/).

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