адразу

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of ад (ad) +‎ ра́зу (rázu), genitive singular of раз (raz). Compare Polish od razu, Ukrainian одра́зу (odrázu).

Pronunciation

Adverb

адра́зу (adrázu)

  1. at once, forthwith, immediately, right away, straight away
    Synonym: за́раз (záraz)
  2. in one go (in a single attempt with no breaks)
  3. suddenly, all of a sudden
    Synonyms: зняна́цку (znjanácku), неспадзява́на (njespadzjavána), рапто́ўна (raptóŭna), ра́птам (ráptam)
  4. 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;

References

  • 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