вже

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• уже́ (užé) (after consonants or at the beginning of a clause)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wʒɛ]

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Adverb

вже • (vže) (no comparative)

1. Alternative form of уже́ (užé): already

Usage notes

• The forms вже (vže) (used after vowels) and уже́ (užé) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вже”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “вже”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “вже”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)