"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 entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 60 21 19 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): Russian nouns with accent pattern a 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): Russian nouns with accent pattern a 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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}

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    "Russian masculine nouns",
    "Russian nouns",
    "Russian nouns with accent pattern a",
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    "Russian soft-stem masculine-form nouns",
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    "Russian terms inherited from Old East Slavic",
    "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Russian terms with audio links"
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "form": "avósʹ",
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    {
      "form": "аво́ся",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "аво́си",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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      "form": "аво́сь",
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    {
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "аво́сей",
      "roman": "avósej",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сю",
      "roman": "avósju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сям",
      "roman": "avósjam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сь",
      "roman": "avósʹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "аво́си",
      "roman": "avósi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "аво́сем",
      "roman": "avósem",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "аво́сями",
      "roman": "avósjami",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "аво́се",
      "roman": "avóse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сях",
      "roman": "avósjax",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ru-noun-table",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "soft-stem",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "accent-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сь",
      "roman": "avósʹ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́си",
      "roman": "avósi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dated",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́ся",
      "roman": "avósja",
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        "dated",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "аво́сей",
      "roman": "avósej",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сю",
      "roman": "avósju",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dated",
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сямъ",
      "roman": "avósjam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сь",
      "roman": "avósʹ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́си",
      "roman": "avósi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dated",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́семъ",
      "roman": "avósem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сями",
      "roman": "avósjami",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сѣ",
      "roman": "avósě",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "prepositional",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "аво́сяхъ",
      "roman": "avósjax",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dated",
        "plural",
        "prepositional"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "аво́сь",
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      "name": "ru-noun+"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "avósʹka",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аво́ська"
    },
    {
      "roman": "avósʹ, da nebósʹ - xotʹ brosʹ",
      "word": "аво́сь, да небо́сь - хоть брось"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blind trust in divine providence; blind faith in sheer luck; counting on a miracle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɐˈvosʲ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ru-авось.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Ru-%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8C.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "авось"
}

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