вероятный

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Russian

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Etymology

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From ве́ра (véra, faith; belief) +‎ ять (jatʹ, to take; to acquire) +‎ -ный (-nyj), literally, “which holds credibility, which is believable”.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrɐˈjatnɨj]
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Adjective

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вероя́тный (verojátnyj) (comparative (по)вероя́тнее or (по)вероя́тней)

  1. probable, likely

Declension

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References

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