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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak lenže, *lemže. By surface analysis, univerbation of лєм (ljem) + же (že). Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn лемже (lemže) and Slovak lenže.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
лємже (ljemže)
- but, except (introduces a contrary clause)
- Near-synonyms: алє (alje), но (no)
сцeли го биц, лємже вон ше од нїх нє бал- sceli ho bic, ljemže von še od njix nje bal
- they wanted to beat him up, but he was not afraid of them
Particle
лємже (ljemže)
- but, just
лємже як ти думаш тото длуство врациц?- ljemže jak ti dumaš toto dlustvo vracic?
- just how do you intend to repay this debt?
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “лємже”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “lenže”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC