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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęťь.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ве̏ћ (Latin spelling vȅć)
- already
- Рекао сам ти већ да не могу да га видим. ― I already told you I can't see it.
- (intensifier) already
Само крени већ једном!- Just go already!
- by now
- Не знам где су, већ су требали стићи. ― I don't know where they are, they should have arrived by now.
- (Croatia) more
Synonyms
Conjunction
ве̏ћ (Latin spelling vȅć)
- (following a negation) but, but rather (see also не̏го)
- 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
Да из неба плаха киша падне, / ниђе не би на земљицу пала, / већ на добре коње и јунаке.- If from the sky an impetuous rain were to fall, / nowhere would it fall on the soil, / but rather on good horses and heroes.