навпаки
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
From на (na) + Proto-Slavic *opakъ.[1] Compare Macedonian наопаку (naopaku), Serbo-Croatian на̏опа̄ко / nȁopāko, Polish na opak, Czech naopak.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
навпаки́ • (navpaký)
- contrariwise, conversely, the other way round, vice versa
- (conjunctive) on the contrary, to the contrary, rather (introducing a contrast to a prior statement or assumption)
- зо́всім навпаки́ ― zóvsim navpaký ― quite the contrary, quite the opposite
References edit
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “навпаки”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading edit
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “навпаки”, 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), “навпаки”, 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