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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak *calkom, celkom, from a fossilized instrumental form. Cognates include Belarusian ца́лкам (cálkam), цалко́м (calkóm), Czech celkem, Polish całkiem, Slovak celkom, and Ukrainian цілко́м (cilkóm). Related to цали (cali).
Pronunciation
Adverb
цалком (calkom)
- wholly, entirely, completely
- Synonyms: подполно (podpolno), шицко (šicko)
- fairly, quite
- Synonym: подполно (podpolno)
- бул цалком пияни ― bul calkom pijani ― he was quite drunk
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “цалком”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “completely”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 60
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “quite”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 234