воочию

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въ очью (vŭ očĭju), consisting of the locative dual of око (oko, eye).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [vɐˈot͡ɕɪjʊ]
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

воо́чию (voóčiju)

  1. (literary or dated) with one's own eyes
    воо́чию убеди́ться в чём-либоvoóčiju ubedítʹsja v čom-liboto see smth with one's own eyes; see smth for oneself
  2. plainly, clearly
    воо́чию предста́вить себе́voóčiju predstávitʹ sebéclearly imagine smth

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