лишь

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lis"

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲiʂ]
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Adverb

лишь • (lišʹ)

  1. only, merely, just
    лишь быlišʹ byif only
  2. as soon as
    лишь то́лькоlišʹ tólʹkono sooner ... than

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