иншак
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak inšak. By surface analysis, инши (inši) + -ак (-ak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈiɲʃak]
- Rhymes: -inʃak
- Hyphenation: ин‧шак
Adverb
иншак (inšak)
- different, differently, otherwise
- Antonym: исто (isto)
- могло буц и иншак ― mohlo buc i inšak ― it could have been different
- otherwise, or else
- мушим закончиц школу, иншак сом нє годзен найсц роботу ― mušim zakončic školu, inšak som nje hodzen najsc robotu ― I have to finish school, otherwise I won't get a job
- (with и (i)) already, anyway
- то и иншак шицки знаю ― to i inšak šicki znaju ― everyone already knows that anyway
Related terms
adjectives
- иншаки (inšaki)
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “иншак”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “otherwise”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 197