лишь

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Russian

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Etymology

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Old East Slavic лише (liše), originally comparative form of лихъ (lixŭ, bad). Compare with Ukrainian лише́ (lyšé), лишень and лиш, Carpathian Rusyn лиш (lyš).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [lʲiʂ]
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Adverb

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лишь (lišʹ)

  1. only, merely, just
    лишь быlišʹ byif only
  2. as soon as
    лишь то́лькоlišʹ tólʹkono sooner ... than

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