майже

Ukrainian

Etymology

Univerbation of май (maj) +‎ же (že), the imperative singular of ма́ти (máty, “to consider”). Compare Russian почти́, счита́й (počtí, sčitáj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmai̯ʒe]

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Adverb

ма́йже • (májže)

1. almost, nearly

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “майже”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka