Talk:авось

RFC discussion: April 2017–February 2021

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авось

Part of the second definition of the noun авось (avosʹ) contains a definition that sounds more like an adverb: "may still; might yet; possibly". Was this inserted by mistake into the wrong POS header, or is there some way in which it can be rewritten into a nounish definition? — Eru·tuon 00:14, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

@Atitarev made that edit. I think it's correct. English uses both verbs and adverbs that have a similar sense (maybe, possibly, could be, might yet, may yet, could happen, etc.), and other languages may well translate a "may yet" with a particle or adverb. Atitarev probably had an example in mind when he made that edit. It would be helpful to add the example. That would make it clear. —Stephen ^(Talk) 06:19, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

I can see where the SoP confusion is. I am going to fix it. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 06:35, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Resolved, RFC template no longer present. — surjection ⟨??⟩ 21:26, 8 February 2021 (UTC)