мовчки
Ukrainian
Etymology
From мовча́ти (movčáty) + -ки (-ky).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɔu̯t͡ʃke]
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Adverb
мо́вчки • (móvčky)
- silently, in silence, tacitly, mutely (without speaking or making other noises orally)
- Synonyms: беззву́чно (bezzvúčno), безмо́вно (bezmóvno)
- quietly (in a quiet manner)
- Synonyms: потихе́ньку (potyxénʹku), ти́хо (týxo)
- (figuratively) quietly (acquiescently, without protesting)
- Synonym: покі́рно (pokírno)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “мовчки”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “мовчки”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “мовчки”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “мовчки”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “мовчки”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “мовчки”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)