доста

Bulgarian

Etymology

Compare Russian доста́ть (dostátʹ, “to be enough (dated)”), Serbo-Croatian достати (“to be enough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔstɐ]

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Adverb

до́ста • (dósta) (comparative по́-до́ста, superlative на́й-до́ста)

1. a lot

   до́ста пари́ ― dósta parí ― a lot of money

   до́ста рабо́тя ― dósta rabótja ― I work a lot

2. (colloquial) enough

   до́ста сме я́ли ― dósta sme jáli ― we have eaten enough

Anagrams

• стадо (stado)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔsta]

Adverb

доста • (dosta)

1. enough, sufficiently
2. lots of, plenty of
3. rather, quite

Determiner

доста • (dosta)

1. enough, sufficient
2. lots of, plenty of

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dôsta/
• Hyphenation: до‧ста

Adverb

до̏ста (Latin spelling dȍsta)

1. enough, sufficiently
2. lots of, plenty of
3. rather, quite (+ adjective or adverb)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Most likely a form of доси́та (dosýta). Related to до́сить (dósytʹ), from Proto-Slavic *do syti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔstɐ]

Adverb

до́ста • (dósta)

1. (dialectal) enough, sufficiently

   Synonyms: до́сить (dósytʹ), дово́лі (dovóli), доста́тньо (dostátnʹo), вдо́сталь (vdóstalʹ)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “доста”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “доста”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “доста”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “доста”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)