наче

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

From earlier нена́че (nenáče), from не (ne) +‎ іна́че (ináče).

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Conjunction

на́че • (náče)

  1. as if, as though, as, like
    Synonyms: нена́че (nenáče), нена́чеб (nenáčeb), нена́чебто (nenáčebto), ні́́би (ní́by), ні́́бито (ní́byto)
    • 1719, Daniel Defoe, translated by Олена Хатунцева [Olena Khatuntsveva], Життя й незвичайні та дивовижні пригоди Робінзона Крузо‎, translation of The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe:
      Де́хто з них ма́ло не вмер з переля́ку й упа́в на зе́млю, на́че ме́ртвий.
      Déxto z nyx málo ne vmer z pereljáku j upáv na zémlju, náče mértvyj.

Particle

на́че • (náče)

  1. (it is/was/seems/seemed) as if, as though
    Synonyms: нена́че (nenáče), нена́чеб (nenáčeb), нена́чебто (nenáčebto), ні́́би (ní́by), ні́́бито (ní́byto)
    Вона́ на́че хоті́ла щось сказа́ти.
    Voná náče xotíla ščosʹ skazáty.
    It was as if she wanted to say something.

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