или

и (i, “and”) + particle ли (li).

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈlʲi]
• IPA^(key): [ˈilʲɪ]

или́ or и́ли • (ilí or íli)

1. or

   това́ или́ онова́ ― tová ilí onová ― this one or that one

2. either

   или́ това́, или́ онова́ ― ilí tová, ilí onová ― either this one or that one

Compare Manchu ᡳᠯᠠᠴᡳ (ilaci) etc.

• IPA^(key): /i.liː/

илӣ • (ilī)

1. third

и (i, “and”) + particle ли (li).

• IPA^(key): [ili]

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или • (ili)

1. or

   Сакаш тост или пица? ― Sakaš tost ili pica? ― Do you want toast or pizza?

2. or else

   Дојди, или јас ќе ти дојдам! ― Dojdi, ili jas ḱe ti dojdam! ― Come, or else I will get you.

3. either

   Или сакаш, или не. Друго нема. ― Ili sakaš, ili ne. Drugo nema. ― Either you like it or you don't. There's no other option.

и (i, “and”) + particle ли (li).

или • (ili)

1. or

и (i, “and”) + particle ли (li), possibly inherited from Old East Slavic или (ili) or borrowed from Old Church Slavonic или (ili).

• IPA^(key): [ˈilʲɪ]

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и́ли • (íli)

1. or

   Хо́чешь чай и́ли ко́фе? ― Xóčešʹ čaj íli kófe? ― Do you want tea or coffee?

2. or else

   Иди́ сюда́, и́ли тебя́ пойма́ю! ― Idí sjudá, íli tebjá pojmáju! ― Come here, or else I'll go get you!

3. either

   и́ли то́т, и́ли друго́й ― íli tót, íli drugój ― either the one, or the other

• ли́бо (líbo) (literary)

• → Kildin Sami: элэ (ele)

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

From и (“and”) + particle ли.

• IPA^(key): /îli/

и̏ли (Latin spelling ȉli)

1. or
2. or else
3. either