вчас

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak včas. By surface analysis, univerbation of в (v) +‎ час (čas). Cognates include Czech and Slovak včas (“on time”). Semantically, probably a back-formation from вчасни (včasni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvt͡ʃas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Hyphenation: вчас

Adverb

вчас (včas) (comparative вчасше, superlative вчаснєйше)

1. early

   вчас пришли на гайзибан, та длуго чекали ― včas prišli na hajziban, ta dluho čekali ― they arrived at the train early, so they waited a long time

2. early morning, at dawn

   Near-synonym: додня (dodnja)

Related terms

adjectives

• вчасни (včasni)

 

adverbs

• превчас (prevčas)

 

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “вчас”, 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) “early”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 95