оттого

Russian

Etymology

Univerbation of the preposition от (ot, “from, out of”) + того́ (tovó), genitive singular of тот (tot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐtːɐˈvo] (phonetic respelling: оттово́)
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Adverb

оттого́ • (ottovó)

  1. therefore, that's why (also оттого́ и (ottovó i))
    Synonyms: поэ́тому (poétomu), потому́ (potomú)
    оттого́ что ― ottovó što ― because
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