буквальний

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Russian буква́льный (bukválʹnyj), a calque of French littéral.[1] Morphologically analyzable as бу́ква (búkva, letter) +‎ -льний (-lʹnyj, adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

буква́льний (bukválʹnyj) (adverb буква́льно, abstract noun буква́льність)

  1. literal (exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation)
    Synonym: дослі́вний (doslívnyj)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “буквальний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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