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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *jьnako.
Adverb
и́наче or ина́че • (ínače or ináče) (not comparable)
- differently
- otherwise, else, or else
така́ и́ли и́наче- taká íli ínače
- one way or another
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьnako.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ина́че or и́наче* • (ináče or ínače*) (* dated)
- differently, in a different way; otherwise
- Synonym: по-друго́му (po-drugómu)
- otherwise, else, or else
- не ина́че/и́наче, как ― ne ináče/ínače, kak ― just (like)
- так и́ли ина́че/и́наче ― tak íli ináče/ínače ― one way or another
- ина́че/и́наче говоря́ ― ináče/ínače govorjá ― in other words
Derived terms
References
- Shansky, N. M., editor (1980), “иначе”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 7 (И), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 65
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьnako.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /înaːt͡ʃe/
- Hyphenation: и‧на‧че
Adverb
и̏на̄че (Latin spelling ȉnāče)
- otherwise
- already