већ

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęťь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêt͡ɕ/

Adverb

ве̏ћ (Latin spelling vȅć)

1. already

   Рекао сам ти већ да не могу да га видим. ― I already told you I can't see it.

2. (intensifier) already

   Само крени већ једном!

   Just go already!

3. by now

   Не знам где су, већ су требали стићи. ― I don't know where they are, they should have arrived by now.

4. (Croatia) more

Synonyms

• (by now): dosad
• (Croatia) jur
• (Kajkavian) vre

Conjunction

ве̏ћ (Latin spelling vȅć)

1. (following a negation) but, but rather (see also не̏го)
   • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:

     Да из неба плаха киша падне, / ниђе не би на земљицу пала, / већ на добре коње и јунаке.

     If from the sky an impetuous rain were to fall, / nowhere would it fall on the soil, / but rather on good horses and heroes.