već

See also: vec, věc, več, and vëc

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vętjь

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋêtɕ/

Adverb

vȅć (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ћ)

  1. already
    Rekao sam ti već. ― I told you already.
  2. (intensifier) already
    Samo kreni već jednom!
    Just go already!
  3. by now
    Ne znam gdje su, već su trebali stići. ― I don't know where they are, they should have arrived by now.
  4. (Croatia) more

Synonyms

Conjunction

vȅć (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ћ)

  1. (following a negation) but, but rather (see also nȅgo)
    • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
      Da iz neba plaha kiša padne, / niđe ne bi na zemljicu pala, / već na dobre konje i junake.
      If from the sky an impetuous rain were to fall, / nowhere would it fall on the soil, / but rather on good horses and heroes.
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