хотя

Cognate with Polish chocia.

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• IPA^(key): [xɐˈtʲa]

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хотя́ • (xotjá)

1. present adverbial imperfective participle of хоте́ть (xotétʹ)

хотя́ • (xotjá)

1. although, though (contrasting two clauses)

   Хотя́ произведе́ние бы́ло просты́м, кри́тики хвали́ли его́. ― Xotjá proizvedénije býlo prostým, krítiki xvalíli jevó. ― Although the art piece was simple, critics praised it.

   хотя́ бы ― xotjá by ― even though; if; at least

• хоте́ть impf (xotétʹ)
• хоть (xotʹ)

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