"авось" meaning in Russian

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Adverb

IPA: [ɐˈvosʲ] Audio: Ru-авось.ogg Forms: аво́сь [canonical], avósʹ [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Old East Slavic авосе (avose), from а (a, “but”) + осе (ose, “here”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|orv|авосе|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old East Slavic авосе (avose), {{inh+|ru|orv|авосе}} Inherited from Old East Slavic авосе (avose), {{af|orv|а|осе|nocat=1|t1=but|t2=here}} а (a, “but”) + осе (ose, “here”) Head templates: {{ru-adv|аво́сь}} аво́сь • (avósʹ)
  1. (colloquial) perhaps, maybe, possibly, may still, might yet (low certainty) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-авось-ru-adv-Iz-H7I7e Categories (other): Russian nouns with accent pattern a Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 21 40 39

Noun

IPA: [ɐˈvosʲ] Audio: Ru-авось.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Old East Slavic авосе (avose), from а (a, “but”) + осе (ose, “here”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|orv|авосе|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old East Slavic авосе (avose), {{inh+|ru|orv|авосе}} Inherited from Old East Slavic авосе (avose), {{af|orv|а|осе|nocat=1|t1=but|t2=here}} а (a, “but”) + осе (ose, “here”) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|аво́сь|m}} аво́сь • (avósʹ) m inan (genitive аво́ся, nominative plural аво́си, genitive plural аво́сей) Forms: аво́сь [canonical], avósʹ [romanization], аво́ся [genitive], аво́си [nominative, plural], аво́сей [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], аво́сь [nominative, singular], аво́си [nominative, plural], аво́ся [genitive, singular], аво́сей [genitive, plural], аво́сю [dative, singular], аво́сям [dative, plural], аво́сь [accusative, singular], аво́си [accusative, plural], аво́сем [instrumental, singular], аво́сями [instrumental, plural], аво́се [prepositional, singular], аво́сях [plural, prepositional], no-table-tags [table-tags], аво́сь [dated, nominative, singular], аво́си [dated, nominative, plural], аво́ся [dated, genitive, singular], аво́сей [dated, genitive, plural], аво́сю [dated, dative, singular], аво́сямъ [dated, dative, plural], аво́сь [accusative, dated, singular], аво́си [accusative, dated, plural], аво́семъ [dated, instrumental, singular], аво́сями [dated, instrumental, plural], аво́сѣ [dated, prepositional, singular], аво́сяхъ [dated, plural, prepositional]
  1. blind trust in divine providence; blind faith in sheer luck; counting on a miracle
    Sense id: en-авось-ru-noun-9A--kfu4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 52 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 51 47 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 3 51 46 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 4 49 47 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 21 40 39
  2. faith in serendipity; counting on pure luck
    Sense id: en-авось-ru-noun-HWoJAwk5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 52 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 51 47 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 3 51 46 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 4 49 47 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 21 40 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: аво́ська (avósʹka) [feminine], аво́сь, да небо́сь - хоть брось (avósʹ, da nebósʹ - xotʹ brosʹ)
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      "ipa": "[ɐˈvosʲ]"
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      "form": "аво́сѣ",
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      "form": "аво́сяхъ",
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      "roman": "avósʹka",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "аво́ська"
    },
    {
      "roman": "avósʹ, da nebósʹ - xotʹ brosʹ",
      "word": "аво́сь, да небо́сь - хоть брось"
    }
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        {
          "english": "Counting on a miracle, I decided to slip into the oncoming lane to get around the traffic jam.",
          "roman": "Nadéjasʹ na avósʹ, ja rešíl výjexatʹ na vstréčnuju pólosu, štóby obʺjéxatʹ próbku.",
          "text": "Наде́ясь на аво́сь, я реши́л вы́ехать на встре́чную по́лосу, что́бы объе́хать про́бку.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blind trust in divine providence; blind faith in sheer luck; counting on a miracle"
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        {
          "text": "ру́сский «аво́сь» ― rússkij «avósʹ» ― said about the alleged unconcern of Russians and their tendency to rely on luck",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "counting on pure luck",
          "roman": "na avósʹ",
          "text": "на аво́сь",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"Avos\" and \"Nebos\" hung out together and both fell into a hole. (one can't rely on luck alone)",
          "roman": "Avósʹ s nebósem vodílisʹ, da óba v jámu vvalílisʹ.",
          "text": "Аво́сь с небо́сем води́лись, да о́ба в я́му ввали́лись.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't expect anything good from \"Avos\". (one can't rely on luck alone)",
          "roman": "Ot avósja dobrá ne ždi.",
          "text": "От аво́ся добра́ не жди.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "faith in serendipity; counting on pure luck"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[ɐˈvosʲ]"
    },
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  "word": "авось"
}

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