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Belarusian
Etymology
Compound of за (za) + ме́ста (mjésta). Cognate with Polish zamiast and Ukrainian за́мість (zámistʹ), замі́сто (zamísto).
Pronunciation
Preposition
заме́ст • (zamjést)
- in place of, instead of
References
- “замест”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “замест” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org