ежели

From the Old East Slavic [Term?] pronominal neuter form ѥжє (ježe, “who, which”) (compare Old Church Slavonic ижє (iže), ꙗжє (jaže), ѥжє (ježe)) + ли (li, “interrogative particle”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈjeʐɨlʲɪ]

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е́жели • (jéželi)

1. (obsolete, colloquial) if, in case

   Е́жели поду́мать, да рассмотре́ть, то всё э́то глу́пости

   Jéželi podúmatʹ, da rassmotrétʹ, to vsjó éto glúposti

   if we think about it and examine it, it is all nonsense.

• е́сли (jésli)