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Russian
Etymology
и (i, “and”) + так (tak, “so”)
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ита́к • (iták)
- so, now, right, okay (used at or near the beginning of a sentence, which is a logical conclusion from the previous one; corresponds in meaning to the terms 'thus', 'as a result', 'consequently')
- Ита́к, дава́й пропу́стим нело́вкие вопро́сы. ― Iták, daváj propústim nelóvkije voprósy. ― So/now/right/okay, let's get the awkward questions out of the way.
1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава XXV. Как прокуратор пытался спасти Иуду”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:— Ита́к, — заговори́л негро́мко Пила́т, — что мо́жете вы сказа́ть мне о настрое́нии в э́том го́роде?- — Iták, — zagovoríl negrómko Pilát, — što móžete vy skazátʹ mne o nastrojénii v étom górode?
- ‘And so,’ Pilate began in a low voice, ‘what can you tell me about the mood of this city?’