покамест

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Etymology

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From по (po) + кꙑи (kyi) + места (mesta). Compare dialectal докамест (dokamest), also older потамѣстъ (potaměstŭ), посямѣстъ (posjaměstŭ).

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пока́мест (pokámest)

  1. (colloquial) till, until
    Synonym: пока́ (poká)
    • 1842, Николай Гоголь, “Том I, Глава 1”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:
      Покамест слуги управлялись и возились, господин отправился в общую залу.
      Pokamest slugi upravljalisʹ i vozilisʹ, gospodin otpravilsja v obščuju zalu.
      While the attendants had been thus setting things straight the gentleman had repaired to the common parlour.