попросто

Inherited from Old Slovak poproste, *poprosto. By surface analysis, univerbation of по (po) +‎ просто (prosto). Compare Polish po prostu and Russian по́просту (póprostu).

• IPA^(key): [pɔpˈrɔstɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔstɔ
• Hyphenation: по‧про‧сто

попросто (poprosto)

1. simply

   Synonym: (Serbism; more common) єдноставно (jednostavno)

   ми попросто нє знаме лєпше жиц ― mi poprosto nje zname ljepše žic ― we simply don't know how to live better

2. grossly, rudely, vulgarly

   Synonyms: вулґарно (vulgarno), нєшумнє (nješumnje), спроста (sprosta)

   одповед му попросто ― odpoved mu poprosto ― he answered him rudely

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “попросто”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy