вмить

adverb, incomparable, inanimate

Translations

in an instant, in a moment, in a flash, in a twinkling, in no time

Examples

Було, її імʼя я на піску писав, та подих хвиль його змивав: і знов писав я іншою рукою, робив приплив мій біль вмить здобиччю своєю.

One day I wrote her name upon the strand, but came the waves and washed it away: again I wrote it with a second hand, but came the tide, and made my pains his prey.