лишь

Russian

Etymology

Old East Slavic лише (liše), originally comparative form of лихъ (lixŭ, “bad”). Compare with Ukrainian лише́ (lyšé), лишень and лиш, Rusyn лиш (lyš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲiʂ]
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Adverb

лишь • (lišʹ)

  1. only, merely, just
    лишь бы ― lišʹ by ― if only
  2. as soon as
    лишь то́лько ― lišʹ tólʹko ― no sooner ... than

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