покамест

Russian

Alternative forms
  • пока́месть (pokámestʹ)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɐˈkamʲɪst]

Adverb

пока́мест • (pokámest)

  1. (colloquial) till, until
    Synonym: пока́ (poká)
    • 1842, Николай Гоголь, “Том I, Глава 1”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:
      Покамест слуги управлялись и возились, господин отправился в общую залу.
      Pokamest slugi upravljalisʹ i vozilisʹ, gospodin otpravilsja v obščuju zalu.
      While the attendants had been thus setting things straight the gentleman had repaired to the common parlour.
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