яґда

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Univerbation of як (jak) +‎ Serbo-Croatian да / da, possibly as a partial calque of Serbo-Croatian као да / kao da.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaɡda]
• Rhymes: -aɡda
• Hyphenation: яґ‧да

Conjunction

яґда (jagda)

1. (colloquial) as if

   Synonym: як кед би (jak ked bi)

   станул яґда ше дачого здогаднул ― stanul jagda še dačoho zdohadnul ― he stopped as if he remembered something

Adverb

яґда (jagda)

1. it appears, it seems

   Synonym: якбачу (jakbaču)

   приповедало ше же яґда у валалє єст крадошох ― pripovedalo še že jagda u valalje jest kradošox ― it was said that there seems to be thieves in the village

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “яґда”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy