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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian почти́ (počtí), an imperative of *počьsti whence native Bulgarian почета́ (početá, “to take into account”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
почти́ • (počtí) (not comparable)
- almost, nearly
Anagrams
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Imperative of поче́сть (počéstʹ, “count, consider”), literally ‘consider it so’ when something is almost true.
Adverb
почти́ • (počtí)
- almost, nearly
- Synonym: счита́й (sčitáj)
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “почти”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
Verb
почти́ • (počtí)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of поче́сть (počéstʹ, “consider”)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of почти́ть (počtítʹ, “honour”)