до смерти
Russian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈdo‿smʲɪrtʲɪ] (more common as a set expression)
 - IPA(key): [dɐ‿ˈsmʲertʲɪ]
 - IPA(key): [də‿smʲɪrˈtʲi] (obsolete)
 
Adverb
    
до́ смерти • (dó smerti) (comparative до сме́рти)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see до (do), смерть (smertʹ).
 - (colloquial) to (one's) death
- Synonym: на́ смерть (ná smertʹ)
 
 - (colloquial, figuratively) utterly, extremely
- Synonym: на́ смерть (ná smertʹ)
 
 
Usage notes
    
- The stress always shifts to the noun if a qualifier is used, e.g. до са́мой сме́рти (do sámoj smérti, “to (one's) death”)
 
Related terms
    
- при́ смерти (prí smerti)
 
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