аж

Inherited from Old Slovak až, aže, from Proto-Slavic *aže.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaʒ]
• Rhymes: -aʃ
• Hyphenation: аж

аж (až)

1. even, on the contrary, in reality

   Synonyms: ба (ba), напроцив (naprociv), такой (takoj), цовецей (covecej)

   вашому здравственому стану нє одвитує лєжац, аж може буц опасне ― vašomu zdravstvenomu stanu nje odvituje lježac, až može buc opasne ― your state of health does not suit lying down, it can even be dangerous

2. all the way (from/to a place)

   пре купованє пошли аж по Беоґраду ― pre kupovanje pošli až po Beogradu ― they went all the way to Belgrade for shopping

3. only (not before, not until)

   аж под валалом их сцигнул ― až pod valalom ix scihnul ― he only reached them near the village

4. even, all the way, still, just (intensifier particle)

   людзе жили без струї аж по двацети вик ― ljudze žili bez struji až po dvaceti vik ― people lived without (electrical) power all the way up to the twentieth century

аж (až)

1. that, until

   Synonym: (more common) же (že)

   так ше шмеял аж му слизи вишли на очи ― tak še šmejal až mu slizi višli na oči ― he laughed so hard that tears came to his eyes

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “аж”, 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) “even”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 104

Inherited from Old East Slavic аже (aže), from Proto-Slavic *aže.

• IPA^(key): [aʂ]

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• Rhymes: -aʂ

аж • (až)

1. (colloquial) even

   мне аж стра́шно ста́ло

   mne až strášno stálo

   I even got scared, you know.

2. (colloquial) as many as, as much as, all the way to (a word used for emphasis)

   мне сего́дня аж пять пи́сем пришло́

   mne sevódnja až pjatʹ písem prišló

   I received as many as five letters today.

Inherited from Old East Slavic аже (aže), from Proto-Slavic *aže.

• IPA^(key): [aʒ]

• Audio:

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аж • (až)

1. even
2. as much as
3. till, until

• “аж”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)