адразу

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• adrazu — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Univerbation of ад (ad) +‎ ра́зу (rázu), genitive singular of раз (raz). Compare Polish od razu, Ukrainian одра́зу (odrázu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈdrazu]

Adverb

адра́зу • (adrázu)

1. at once, forthwith, immediately, right away, straight away

   Synonym: за́раз (záraz)

2. in one go (in a single attempt with no breaks)
3. suddenly, all of a sudden

   Synonyms: зняна́цку (znjanácku), неспадзява́на (njespadzjavána), рапто́ўна (raptóŭna), ра́птам (ráptam)

4. at once (at the same time; simultaneously; together)

   Synonym: адначасо́ва (adnačasóva)

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 193:

     С'юзен Ніпер, якая ўзяла ў рот адразу абедзве істужкі капялюшыка і ў часе гэтай гутаркі выказала многія свае пачуцці акну ў столі, змяніла тэму, запытаўшыся, хто хоча малака, а хто цукру;

     Sʺjuzjen Nipjer, jakaja ŭzjala ŭ rot adrazu abjedzvje istužki kapjaljušyka i ŭ časje hetaj hutarki vykazala mnóhija svaje pačucci aknu ŭ stóli, zmjanila temu, zapytaŭšysja, xto xóča malaka, a xto cukru;

     [original: Susan Nipper, who had bitten both her bonnet strings at once, and imparted a great deal of private emotion to the skylight, during this transaction, now changed the subject by inquiring who took milk and who took sugar;]

References

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2003), “отразу”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 23 (осударский – паписта), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 236
• “адразу”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “адразу” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org