цалком

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak *calkom, celkom, from a fossilized instrumental form. Cognates include Belarusian ца́лкам (cálkam), цалко́м (calkóm), Czech celkem, Polish całkiem, Slovak celkom, and Ukrainian цілко́м (cilkóm). Related to цали (cali).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡salkɔm]
• Rhymes: -alkɔm
• Hyphenation: цал‧ком

Adverb

цалком (calkom)

1. wholly, entirely, completely

   Synonyms: подполно (podpolno), шицко (šicko)

2. fairly, quite

   Synonym: подполно (podpolno)

   бул цалком пияни ― bul calkom pijani ― he was quite drunk

Related terms

adjectives

• цалковити (calkoviti)

 

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “цалком”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “completely”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 60
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “quite”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 234