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Ukrainian
Etymology
Result of confusion of на місто (na misto) influenced by замість (zamistʹ). Cognate with Russian намест (namest), Russian наместь (namestʹ), Polish namiast, Czech namístě, Czech namísto, Slovak namésto, Bulgarian наместо (namesto), Macedonian наместо (namesto).
Pronunciation
Preposition
намість • (namistʹ)
- (dialectal) instead of
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “на́мість”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka