от
preposition
in various senses
from; away from
(= ото)
GEN
something
от двена́дцати до ча́су
from twelve to one
засыпа́ть от уста́лости
fall asleep from weariness
защища́ть глаза́ от со́лнца, себя́ от хо́лода
protect one's eyes from the sun, oneself from the cold
возде́рживаться от голосова́ния
abstain from voting
отлича́ться
differ
от GEN
from someone or something
уходи́ть
go / get away
от GEN
from someone or something
в десяти́ киломе́трах от го́рода
ten kilometres (away) from the town
ожида́ть
+
expect
GEN
something
от GEN
of/from someone
вскри́кнуть от стра́ха, от ра́дости
cry out for fear, for joy
уста́ть
be tired
от GEN
of something or someone
отде́латься
get rid
от GEN
of someone or something
защища́ть
+
defend, protect
ACC
something
от GEN
from/against something
свобо́дный от долго́в
free of debt
незави́симый
independent
от GEN
of someone or something
зави́сеть
depend
от GEN
on someone or something
of; from
(= ото)
GEN
something
from, away from, of, with to denote the starting point of the movement of something:
from, away from, of, withto denote a reference point in comparison with the position of something else:
from, away from, of, with used with certain verbs to denote literal or figurative distance from the indirect object:
отказа́ться от сде́лки
to reject a deal
изба́виться от привы́чки
to get rid of a habit
with до
from, away from, of, with to denote a range:
—
em dash
тире́
from, away from, of, with to denote the cause or origin of some condition:
с
partial
colloquial
from, away from, of, with used in a few set phrases to denote the nature of an action:
from, since, of (about a time of origin)
used in the following idiomatic expressions