адразу
Belarusian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Univerbation of ад (ad) + ра́зу (rázu), genitive singular of раз (raz). Compare Polish od razu, Ukrainian одра́зу (odrázu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]адра́зу • (adrázu)
- at once, forthwith, immediately, right away, straight away
- Synonym: за́раз (záraz)
- in one go (in a single attempt with no breaks)
- suddenly, all of a sudden
- Synonyms: зняна́цку (znjanácku), неспадзява́на (njespadzjavána), рапто́ўна (raptóŭna), ра́птам (ráptam)
- at once (at the same time; simultaneously; together)
- Synonym: адначасо́ва (adnačasóva)
- 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 193:
- С'юзен Ніпер, якая ўзяла ў рот адразу абедзве істужкі капялюшыка і ў часе гэтай гутаркі выказала многія свае пачуцці акну ў столі, змяніла тэму, запытаўшыся, хто хоча малака, а хто цукру;
- Sʺjuzjen Nipjer, jakaja ŭzjala ŭ rot adrazu abjedzvje istužki kapjaljušyka i ŭ časje hetaj hutarki vykazala mnóhija svaje pačucci aknu ŭ stóli, zmjanila temu, zapytaŭšysja, xto xóča malaka, a xto cukru;
- [original: Susan Nipper, who had bitten both her bonnet strings at once, and imparted a great deal of private emotion to the skylight, during this transaction, now changed the subject by inquiring who took milk and who took sugar;]
References
[edit]- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2003), “отразу”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 23 (осударский – паписта), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 236
- “адразу”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “адразу” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org