достеменно

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From earlier достоме́нно (dostoménno), from obsolete *достоіме́нно (*dostoiménno), from досто- (dosto-) +‎ іме́нно (iménno).[1] By surface analysis, достеме́нний (dosteménnyj) +‎ (-o). Compare Russian и́менно (ímenno).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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достеме́нно (dosteménno)

  1. certainly, exactly, for certain, for sure (with certainty)
    Достеме́нно не відо́мо, як це ста́лося.Dosteménno ne vidómo, jak ce stálosja.It is not known for sure how this happened.
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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “достеме́нний”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 115

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