абы
See also: абꙑ
Russian
Conjunction
абы • (aby)
- so that
- if only
- Покорнейше Вас прошу́, св. оте́ц, уве́домить та́йно самого Государя о моём приключе́нии, абы он меня́ взял во дворе́ц, зна́ю, что на́добно быть тепе́рь в Империи.
- Pokornejše Vas prošú, sv. otéc, uvédomitʹ tájno samovo Gosudarja o mojóm priključénii, aby on menjá vzjal vo dvoréc, znáju, što nádobno bytʹ tepérʹ v Imperii.
- Obediently asking You, holy father, to let it know in secret the emperor himself about my journey, if only he would take me to the palace, I know, that it is necessary to be in the empire now. ― Aleksandr Arkhangelsky ‘Alexander I’, 2000 (cite taken from the National Corpora of Russian Language).
Synonyms
- ли́шь бы (líšʹ by)
- то́лько бы (tólʹko by)
Particle
абы • (aby)
- (low colloquial, often in the negative) it doesn't matter (what/which/who/how)
- Отпра́вить письма мо́жно то́лько через санита́рок, и не абы каки́х, а сердобо́льных, иначе ничего́ не вы́йдет.
- Otprávitʹ pisʹma móžno tólʹko čerez sanitárok, i ne aby kakíx, a serdobólʹnyx, inače ničevó ne výjdet.
- You can only send letters through the nurses, and it doesn't matter which ones but (they must be) compassionate, otherwise nothing will come of it.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐˈbɨ]
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈabɨ]
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