вообще

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Eastern Mari

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вообще́ (voobščé).

Pronunciation

Particle

вообще • (voobŝe)

  1. in general, generally, generally speaking, altogether, on the whole
    Synonyms: икманаш (ikmanaš), вуйгак (vujgak)
  2. always
    Synonym: эре (ere)
  3. at all, not at all
    Synonyms: йӧршеш (jöršeš), йӧршын (jöršyn)

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “вообще”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Russian вообще́ (voobščé). By surface analysis, во (vo) +‎ общи (obšči).

Pronunciation

Adverb

вообще (voobšče)

  1. in general, generally
  2. at all

Synonyms

adjectives

References

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

во- (vo-) +‎ о́бщий (óbščij)

Pronunciation

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  • (colloquial) IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: вобще́)

Adverb

вообще́ • (voobščé)

  1. generally, in general, usually
    Synonyms: обы́чно (obýčno), в о́бщем (v óbščem), в це́лом (v célom)
  2. (colloquial) always
    Synonyms: (partially) всегда́ (vsegdá), постоя́нно (postojánno), во всём (vo vsjom), по су́ти (po súti)
  3. approximately, in general terms
    Synonyms: в це́лом (v célom), в о́бщих черта́х (v óbščix čertáx), приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno)
  4. (somewhat colloquial, in the negative) at all, absolutely, totally, under any conditions
    Synonyms: абсолю́тно (absoljútno), во́все (vóvse), по́лностью (pólnostʹju), соверше́нно (soveršénno), совсе́м (sovsém)
  5. (colloquial) crazy

Descendants

  • → Eastern Mari: вообще (voobŝe)
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