Old Church Slavonic

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Noun

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хоть (xotĭm

  1. lust
  2. lover

Declension

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References

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  • Old Church Slavonic: An Elementary Grammar by S. C. Gardiner, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[1], София

Russian

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Etymology

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Per Vasmer, shortened from хотя́ (xotjá), probably from Old East Slavic хотѧ (xotę, present active participle of хотѣти (xotěti)). Compare Polish choć and its derivation from Old Polish chocia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [xotʲ]
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Conjunction

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хоть (xotʹ)

  1. although
  2. even if

Particle

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хоть (xotʹ)

  1. at least, if only
  2. for example, even, you may, might as well

Descendants

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  • Ingrian: hot

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хотя”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress