већ

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęťь.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ве̏ћ (Latin spelling vȅć)

  1. already
    Рекао сам ти већ да не могу да га видим.I already told you I can't see it.
  2. (intensifier) already
    Само крени већ једном!
    Just go already!
  3. by now
    Не знам где су, већ су требали стићи.I don't know where they are, they should have arrived by now.
  4. (Croatia) more

Synonyms

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Conjunction

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ве̏ћ (Latin spelling vȅć)

  1. (following a negation) but, but rather (see also не̏го)
    • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
      Да из неба плаха киша падне, / ниђе не би на земљицу пала, / већ на добре коње и јунаке.
      If from the sky an impetuous rain were to fall, / nowhere would it fall on the soil, / but rather on good horses and heroes.