почти
Bulgarian
Etymology
Cognate with Russian почти́ (počtí).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pot͡ʃˈti]
Adverb
почти́ • (počtí) (no comparative)
- almost, nearly
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɐt͡ɕˈtʲi]
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Etymology 1
Imperative of поче́сть (počéstʹ, “count, consider”), literally ‘consider it so’ when something is almost true.
Adverb
почти́ • (počtí)
- almost, nearly
- Synonym: счита́й (sčitáj)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “почти”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Verb
почти́ • (počtí)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of поче́сть (počéstʹ, “consider”)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of почти́ть (počtítʹ, “honour”)