нібито
Appearance
Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of ні́́би (ní́by) + то (to).
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]ні́́бито • (ní́byto)
- like, as if
- Synonyms: на́че (náče), нена́че (nenáče), нена́чеб (nenáčeb), нена́чебто (nenáčebto), ні́би (níby)
Particle
[edit]ні́́бито • (ní́byto)
- as if, allegedly, seemingly, it seems (like)
- Synonyms: на́че (náče), нена́че (nenáče), нена́чеб (nenáčeb), нена́чебто (nenáčebto), ні́би (níby)
References
[edit]- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “нібито”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1974), “нібито”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Н – О), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 418
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “нібито”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “нібито”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “нібито”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “нібито”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)