jużci

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word jużci. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word jużci, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say jużci in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word jużci you have here. The definition of the word jużci will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjużci, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Old Polish

Etymology

From już +‎ -ci. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /juʃʲt͡ɕi/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /juʃʲt͡ɕi/

Particle

jużci

  1. particle emphasizing imminent completion, reaching the end of an activity; already
    • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 663:
      Poskoczmy, yvz mamy Iesusa v rąku, *yvzsczy yąth
      [Poskoczmy, już mamy Jesusa w ręku, jużci jęt]
  2. particle emphasizing the imminent occurrence or existence of an action; here now
    • 1949, “Skarga umierającego. Woronczak Jerzy, Skarga umierającego. Ze studiów nad rękopisem nr 2 Biblioteki Kapitulnej we Wrocławiu”, in Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Sobótk, page 65:
      Ach, myly lvdze, zazyce my ale svecze, yvscy ydze dvsza *krevim potem
      [Ach, mili ludzie, zażżycie mi ale świecę! Już ci jidzie dusza [z] krewym potem]
  3. particle emphasizing achievement of a certain quantitative level; already

Descendants

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “jużci”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish jużci. By surface analysis, już +‎ -ci.

Pronunciation

 

jużci

  1. emphacizes a statement adding certainty or conviction
  2. (obsolete, emphatic) Synonym of już
  3. (Middle Polish) emphatic discourse marker; after all; well

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia