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Ukrainian
Etymology
From на (na) + то (to) + мі́сто (místo). Compare Polish natomiast.
Pronunciation
Adverb
нато́мість • (natómistʹ)
- instead
- (conjunctive, adversative, colloquial) rather
- Synonym: зате́ (zaté)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “натомість”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “натомість”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “натомість”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)