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• Often interpreted as inherited fromOld East Slavic*очьнь(*očĭnĭ) fromоко(oko,“eye”); the semantic shift might be "visibly > obviously > prominently > very". The non-productive ending is similar to adverbs likeвкривь(vkrivʹ),впрямь(vprjamʹ),встарь(vstarʹ).
• Alternatively, proposed by Lehrman (1987) to be a borrowing from aFinnic language. CompareFinnishoikein andIngrianoikiin.

• IPA^(key): [ˈot͡ɕɪnʲ]

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о́чень• (óčenʹ)

1. very,really,much, very much

   Synonyms:изря́дно(izrjádno),весьма́(vesʹmá),дю́же(djúže)

   Тако́еслуча́етсяо́ченьре́дко. ―Takóje slučájetsjaóčenʹ rédko. ―This happensvery rarely.

   Яо́ченьлюблю́тебя́. ―Jaóčenʹ ljubljú tebjá. ―Ireally love you. / I love youvery much.

   Э́тоо́ченьтру́дно. ―Étoóčenʹ trúdno. ―It'sreally hard.

о́чень• (óčenʹ)

1. (colloquial, in the negative) notverygood, notverywell

   Всёпрошло́нео́чень. ―Vsjo prošló neóčenʹ. ―It didn't govery well.

   Дела́иду́тнео́чень. ―Delá idút neóčenʹ. ―Things aren't goingvery well.

   Всёвы́глядитнео́чень. ―Vsjo výgljadit neóčenʹ. ―Things don't lookvery good.

   Э́тозвучи́тнео́чень. ―Éto zvučít neóčenʹ. ―That doesn't soundvery good.

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “очень”, inOleg Trubachyov, transl.,Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Alexander Lehrman (1987), “The Etymology of OЧEНЬ”, inRussian Linguistics, volume11, number 1, pages31-36

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