авось
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old East Slavic авосе (avose), from а (a, “but”) + осе (ose, “here”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]аво́сь • (avósʹ)
- (colloquial) perhaps, maybe, possibly, may still, might yet (low certainty)
- Аво́сь повезёт. ― Avósʹ povezjót. ― We/I may yet succeed. (with low certainty)
- 1900, Иван Бунин [Ivan Bunin], chapter III, in Антоновские яблоки; English translation from Antonovka Apples, (Please provide a date or year):
- Стои́шь у окна́ и ду́маешь: «Аво́сь, Бог даст, распого́дится».
- Stoíšʹ u okná i dúmaješʹ: «Avósʹ, Bog dast, raspogóditsja».
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
[edit]аво́сь • (avósʹ) m inan (genitive аво́ся, nominative plural аво́си, genitive plural аво́сей)
- blind trust in divine providence; blind faith in sheer luck; counting on a miracle
- faith in serendipity; counting on pure luck
Declension
[edit]Pre-reform declension of аво́сь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]- аво́ська f (avósʹka)
- аво́сь, да небо́сь - хоть брось (avósʹ, da nebósʹ - xotʹ brosʹ)
See also
[edit]- наобу́м (naobúm)
See also
[edit]Russian avos' on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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