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Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьśako. Cognates include Ukrainian уся́кий (usjákyj), Belarusian уся́кі (usjáki), Bulgarian все́ки (vséki), Serbo-Croatian сва̏ки / svȁki.
Pronunciation
Determiner
вся́кий • (vsjákij)
- any, every
- Разумеется, как всякий человек, я пытаюсь (вернее, пыталась) сформировать у дочери определённую систему ценностей. ― Razumejetsja, kak vsjakij čelovek, ja pytajusʹ (verneje, pytalasʹ) sformirovatʹ u dočeri opredeljónnuju sistemu cennostej. ― Of course, like any person, I try (or rather, tried) to form a certain system of values in my daughter.
- Владимир Владимирович подобных сцен не любил и всякий раз старался избавиться от посетителя. ― Vladimir Vladimirovič podobnyx scen ne ljubil i vsjakij raz staralsja izbavitʹsja ot posetitelja. ― Vladimir Vladimirovich did not like such scenes and every time tried to get rid of the visitor.
- all sorts of
- all kinds of
Derived terms
Pronoun
вся́кий • (vsjákij)
- anybody, anyone, everybody, everyone
- Synonyms: ка́ждый (káždyj), любо́й (ljubój, “every”); ра́зный (ráznyj), разнообра́зный (raznoobráznyj, “various”); всевозмо́жный (vsevozmóžnyj, “all possible”); како́й бы то ни́ было (kakój by to ní bylo, “whatever, whichever”), мале́йший (maléjšij, “the smallest”)
- Всякий знает: мало заработать деньги ― надо ещё их сохранить. ― Vsjakij znajet: malo zarabotatʹ denʹgi ― nado ješčó ix soxranitʹ. ― Everyone knows that it is not enough to earn money ― it is necessary also to save it.
- anything
Declension
Declension of вся́кий (short class a)
Related terms
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian всѧкый (vsjakyj), усѧкый (usjakyj), from Old East Slavic вьсꙗкъ (vĭsjakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьśakъ.
Pronunciation
Determiner
вся́кий • (vsjákyj)
- all, any, each, every
- Synonyms: весь (vesʹ), ко́жний (kóžnyj), бу́дь-яки́й (búdʹ-jakýj)
- (nominalised) everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody
- Synonyms: всі (vsi), ко́жний (kóžnyj), бу́дь-хто (búdʹ-xto)
- all kinds of, all sorts of, various
- Synonyms: всіля́кий (vsiljákyj), рі́зний (ríznyj), різномані́тний (riznomanítnyj), розмаї́тий (rozmajítyj), багатомані́тний (bahatomanítnyj)
Declension
Declension of вся́кий (hard)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “всякий”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “всякий”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “всякий”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “всякий”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “всякий”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)