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aby

Pronunciation: /ˈa.bɘ/

“aby” is a Polish word. Its 13 meanings in English:

conjunction

  1. to, in order to, so that (connects sentences either to express the goal of a speaker, when the speaker wishes to communicate a command or wish)
  2. to (used to connect a sequence of actions)
  3. so long as (used to express a wish for anything)
  4. just to, for the sake of
  5. introduces a conditional clause; if
  6. introduces a comparative clause; as if

particle

  1. expresses the speaker's certainty of their statement; happen to, isn't?
  2. synonym of oby (“hopefully; had better; may”)
  3. synonym of przynajmniej (“at least”)
  4. synonym of tylko (“only, just”)
  5. synonym of niby (“seemingly, apparently, ostensibly, supposedly”)
  6. synonym of chybaby
  7. synonym of byle

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish aby. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + by.

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