ежели

Russian

Etymology

From the Old East Slavic pronominal neuter form ѥжє (ježe, “who, which”) (compare Old Church Slavonic ижє (iže), ꙗжє (jaže), ѥжє (ježe)) + ли (li, “interrogative particle”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjeʐɨlʲɪ]
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Conjunction

е́жели • (jéželi)

  1. (obsolete, colloquial) if, in case
    Ежели поду́мать, да рассмотре́ть, то всё э́то глу́пости
    Ježeli podúmatʹ, da rassmotrétʹ, to vsjó éto glúposti
    if we think about it and examine it, it is all nonsense.

Synonyms

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