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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęťь.
Pronunciation
Adverb
vȅć (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ћ)
- already
- Rekao sam ti već da ne mogu da ga vidim. ― I already told you I can't see it.
- (intensifier) already
- Samo kreni već jednom! ― Just go already!
- by now
- Ne znam gdje su, već su trebali stići. ― I don't know where they are, they should have arrived by now.
- (Croatia, Kajkavian) more
Synonyms
Conjunction
vȅć (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ћ)
- (following a negation) but, but rather (see also nȅgo)
- 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:
Da iz neba plaha kiša padne, / niđe ne bi na zemljicu pala, / već na dobre konje i junake.- If from the sky an impetuous rain were to fall, / nowhere would it fall on the soil, / but rather on good horses and heroes.