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Ukrainian
Etymology
From прямі́сінький (prjamísinʹkyj) + -о (-o) or пря́мо (prjámo) + -і́сінько (-ísinʹko).
Pronunciation
Adverb
прямі́сінько • (prjamísinʹko)
- directly, direct, straight, dead straight
1917, Stepan Vasylchenko, Циганка [Gypsy]:... несподівано для всіх з її руки полетів качан з яблука прямісінько в лоб Макарові.- ... nespodivano dlja vsix z jiji ruky poletiv kačan z jabluka prjamisinʹko v lob Makarovi.
- ... unexpectedly for everyone, an apple core flew from her hand straight into Makarov's forehead.
- (emphatic) right (immediately, directly)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “прямісінько”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “прямісінько”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “прямісінько”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “прямісінько”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “прямісінько”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)