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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak zač, from a contraction of za + čo. Cognate with Czech zač.
Pronunciation
Adverb
зач (zač)
- (interrogative) why? what for?
- Synonyms: нач (nač), прецо (preco), цо (co), цоже (cože), чом (čom)
- гоч зач ― hoč zač ― for any reason (literally, “whatever for”)
- which, that (relative pronoun)
нє маю пенєжи, та нє маю зач купиц- nje maju penježi, ta nje maju zač kupic
- they have no money, and so they don't have anything (that they are able) to buy
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “зач”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy