каб

Belarusian

Etymology

From *ka +‎ *by. Cognate with Russian кабы (kaby), dialectal Ukrainian коби (koby) and коб (kob), Carpathian Rusyn кеби (keby).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kap]

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Conjunction

каб • (kab)

1. in order to
2. if, if only

References

• “каб” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кабы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress