навряд

Russian

Etymology

на- (na-) + вряд (vrjad)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐˈvrʲat]

Adverb

навря́д • (navrjád)

  1. hardly, unlikely, hardly likely
  2. I don’t think so

Synonyms

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian навря́д (navrjád).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐu̯ˈrʲad]

Adverb

навря́д • (navrjád) (modal)

  1. (followed by чи) hardly, scarcely, (it is) hardly likely, (it is) unlikely
    Його́ навря́д чи мо́жна вважа́ти радика́лом.
    Johó navrjád čy móžna vvažáty radykálom.
    He can hardly be considered a radical.
    Навря́д чи мо́жна було́ очі́кувати, що вони́ залиша́ться в краї́ні.
    Navrjád čy móžna buló očíkuvaty, ščo voný zalyšátʹsja v krajíni.
    They could hardly have been expected to stay in the country.
  2. (followed by щоб) unlikely that

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “навряд”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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