м'яко

Ukrainian

Etymology

From м'яки́й (mʺjakýj) +‎ -о (-o). Compare Russian мя́гко (mjáxko), Belarusian мя́кка (mjákka), Polish miękko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmjakɔ]

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Adverb

м'я́ко • (mʺjáko)

1. softly
2. gently
3. mildly

Derived terms

• м'я́ко ка́жучи (mʺjáko kážučy, “to put it mildly, to say the least”)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “м'яко”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “м'яко”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “м'яко”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “м'яко”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “м'яко”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “м'яко”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)