почти

Borrowed from Russian почти́ (počtí), an imperative of *počьsti whence native Bulgarian почета́ (početá, “to take into account”).

• IPA^(key): [pot͡ʃˈti]

почти́ • (počtí) (not comparable)

1. almost, nearly

• почит (počit)

• IPA^(key): [pɐt͡ɕˈtʲi]

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Imperative of поче́сть (počéstʹ, “count, consider”), literally ‘consider it so’ when something is almost true.

почти́ • (počtí)

1. almost, nearly

   Synonym: счита́й (sčitáj)

• → Ingrian: pocti

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “почти”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

почти́ • (počtí)

1. second-person singular imperative perfective of поче́сть (počéstʹ, “consider”)
2. second-person singular imperative perfective of почти́ть (počtítʹ, “honour”)