навпаки

Ukrainian

Etymology

From на (na) +‎ Proto-Slavic *opakъ.[1] Compare Macedonian наопаку (naopaku), Serbo-Croatian на̏опа̄ко / nȁopāko, Polish na opak, Czech naopak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐu̯pɐˈkɪ]
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Adverb

навпаки́ • (navpaký)

  1. contrariwise, conversely, the other way round, vice versa
  2. (conjunctive) on the contrary, to the contrary, rather (introducing a contrast to a prior statement or assumption)
    зо́всім навпаки́zóvsim navpakýquite the contrary, quite the opposite

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “навпаки”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN

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