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Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Univerbation of сей (sej) + час (čas), ”this hour”, ”this time” (note: “сей” is dated, bookish or stilted (unlike “э́тот”), “час” in the sense of “time” is dated or poetic).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: сеча́с) (usual formal pronunciation)
- IPA(key): (very carefully enunciated)
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: счас) (usual casual pronunciation)
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: сча) (very casual)
- Rhymes: -as
Adverb
сейча́с • (sejčás)
- now (presently, at present, at the moment)
- Synonyms: (over a broad timescale) в настоя́щее вре́мя (v nastojáščeje vrémja), (in contrast to the past) тепе́рь (tepérʹ)
- Я сейча́с ем. ― Ja sejčás jem. ― I'm eating right now.
- Мы должны́ де́йствовать сейча́с. ― My dolžný déjstvovatʹ sejčás. ― We must act now.
- now (very recently in the past)
- Synonym: то́лько что (tólʹko što)
- Сейча́с уже́ завершён прое́кт. ― Sejčás užé zaveršón projékt. ― The project has now been completed.
- now (very shortly)
- Я собира́юсь туда́ идти́ сейча́с. ― Ja sobirájusʹ tudá idtí sejčás. ― I'm going there now.
- immediately, right away, at first glance
- Synonym: сра́зу (srázu)
Usage notes
- In general, сейчас is stylistically neutral. Сейчас may always substitute теперь (though with a loss of nuance), but теперь may not always substitute сейчас. See теперь for more details.
Interjection
сейча́с • (sejčás)
- (colloquial, usually with a rushed pronunciation such as щас (ščas) or ща (šča)) hold on, one sec, wait
- Synonyms: погоди́ (pogodí), пого́дь (pogódʹ), подожди́ (podoždí)
- Ша-ща-ща-ща, секу́ндочку, щас, погоди́. ― Ša-šča-šča-šča, sekúndočku, ščas, pogodí. ― Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, one second, hold on, wait.