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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak poproste, *poprosto. By surface analysis, univerbation of по (po) + просто (prosto). Compare Polish po prostu and Russian по́просту (póprostu).
Pronunciation
Adverb
попросто (poprosto)
- simply
- Synonym: (Serbism; more common) єдноставно (jednostavno)
- ми попросто нє знаме лєпше жиц ― mi poprosto nje zname ljepše žic ― we simply don't know how to live better
- grossly, rudely, vulgarly
- Synonyms: вулґарно (vulgarno), нєшумнє (nješumnje), спроста (sprosta)
- одповед му попросто ― odpoved mu poprosto ― he answered him rudely
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “попросто”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy