вец

Pannonian Rusyn

Alternative forms

• вецка (vecka), вецкаль (veckalʹ)

Etymology

Possibly inherited from Old Slovak vec (“thing”, noun) or a clipping of вецей (vecej), otherwise uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡s
• Hyphenation: вец

Adverb

вец (vec)

1. then (soon afterward)

Conjunction

вец (vec)

1. thus, so

   нє бул ши на змаганю, вец ти нє любиш фодбал ― nje bul ši na zmahanju, vec ti nje ljubiš fodbal ― you weren't at the game, so you don't like football

2. then (in that case)

   цо вец? ― co vec? ― what then?

   кед ци пожичим пенєжи, вец я нє будзем мац досц ― ked ci požičim penježi, vec ja nje budzem mac dosc ― if I lend you money, then I won't have enough

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “вец”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “then”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 326