разве

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Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic развѣ (razvě, “only, besides”), from Proto-Slavic *orzvě.

Displaced Old East Slavic розвѣ (rozvě)

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Adverb

ра́зве • (rázve)

  1. really
    Ра́зве ты ещё не защити́л диссерта́цию? Ра́зве тако́е быва́ет?
    Rázve ty ješčó ne zaščitíl dissertáciju? Rázve takóje byvájet?
    Have you really not yet defended your thesis? Is this really the case?
    — Он там был. — Ра́зве?
    — On tam byl. — Rázve?
    "He was there." "Really?"
  2. (colloquial) perhaps (often used in rhetorical questions)
    Ра́зве кто́-либо даст взаймы́?
    Rázve któ-libo dast vzajmý?
    Perhaps someone will give me a loan?
    Ра́зве ты не зна́ешь?
    Rázve ty ne znáješʹ?
    Don't you know?
    Ра́зве ну́жно ему́ счита́ть с конца́?
    Rázve núžno jemú sčitátʹ s koncá?
    Don't you think he should count from the end?
  3. (colloquial) only
  4. (colloquial) unless
    Я непреме́нно э́то сде́лаю, ра́зве заболе́ю.
    Ja nepreménno éto sdélaju, rázve zaboléju.
    I will certainly do it unless I get sick.
    ра́зве что, ра́зве то́лько ― rázve što, rázve tólʹko ― except perhaps
    Кино́ я не смотрю́, ра́зве что коме́дии.
    Kinó ja ne smotrjú, rázve što komédii.
    I don't watch any films except comedies, maybe.

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Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “разве”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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