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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian ugyan.
Pronunciation
Interjection
удян (udjan)
- knock it off, cut it out
- удян нє роб то ― udjan nje rob to ― cut it out, don't do it
- hey, listen, oi, please (interjection to draw attention to the speaker)
- удян, поведз ми цо ше ту случує ― udjan, povedz mi co še tu slučuje ― please, tell me what's going on here
- удян, цо ти ту робиш? ― udjan, co ti tu robiš? ― oi, what are you doing here?
Adverb
удян (udjan)
- (often ironic, sarcastic) much, many, a lot, very
- то удян велька робота ― to udjan velʹka robota ― it's not a lot of work (literally, “it's so much work”)
- not at all
- гварел ши же поробиш, а ти удян поробел ― hvarel ši že porobiš, a ti udjan porobel ― you said that you would do it, but you have not done anything at all
Further reading
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “удян”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy