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Ukrainian
Etymology
From поті́шний (potíšnyj) + -о (-o). Compare Russian поте́шно (potéšno), Belarusian паце́шна (pacjéšna), Polish pociesznie.
Pronunciation
Adverb
поті́шно • (potíšno)
- amusingly, funnily
- Synonym: смі́шно (smíšno)
- (dated) comfortingly
- Synonyms: уті́шно (utíšno), вті́шно (vtíšno)
Predicative
поті́шно • (potíšno)
- (it is) amusing, fun, funny
- Synonym: смі́шно (smíšno)
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2023), “потішно”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 14 (покі́с – префере́нція), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund
- “потішно”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1976), “потішно”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (Поїхати – Приробляти), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 412
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “потішно”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “потішно”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “потішно”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)