замість

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Ukrainian

Etymology 1

From за (za) +‎ мі́сто (místo).[1] Compare Belarusian заме́ст (zamjést), Polish zamiast.

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Preposition

за́мість • (zámistʹ) (+ genitive)

  1. instead of, in place of
    Synonym: замі́сто (zamísto)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

замі́сть • (zamístʹ) n inan pl

  1. genitive plural of замі́стя (zamístja)

References

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

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