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навряд

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Russian

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Etymology

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на- (na-) +‎ вряд (vrjad)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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навря́д (navrjád)

  1. hardly, unlikely, hardly likely
  2. I don’t think so

Synonyms

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian навря́д (navrjád).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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навря́д (navrjád) (modal)

  1. (followed by чи) hardly, scarcely, (it is) hardly likely, (it is) unlikely
    Його́ навря́д чи мо́жна вважа́ти радика́лом.
    Johó navrjád čy móžna vvažáty radykálom.
    He can hardly be considered a radical.
    Навря́д чи мо́жна було́ очі́кувати, що вони́ залиша́ться в краї́ні.
    Navrjád čy móžna buló očíkuvaty, ščo voný zalyšátʹsja v krajíni.
    They could hardly have been expected to stay in the country.
  2. (followed by щоб) unlikely that

References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “навряд”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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