невзначай

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Russian

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Etymology

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Per Vasmer, не- (ne-) +‎ вз- (vz-) +‎ на- (na-) +‎ чай (čaj).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nʲɪvznɐˈt͡ɕæj]

Adverb

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невзнача́й (nevznačáj)

  1. (colloquial) accidentally, by chance
  2. (colloquial) unintentionally
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References

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