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Top 500adverb

лишь

[lʲiʂ]only, merely, just

Frequency rank #252 About 1 in every 2,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
лишь #252

Meaning

  1. only, merely, just
  2. as soon as

Examples

лишь бы

if only

лишь то́лько

no sooner ... than

Forms by frequency

  • лишь#239

Words near #252

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