втім

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • утім (utim)after consonants

Etymology

Univerbation of в (v) +‎ тім (tim).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʍtʲim]
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Adverb

втім • (vtim)

  1. meanwhile
  2. (conjunctive, preceded by а) yet, nevertheless, nonetheless
    Synonyms: а проте́ (a proté), одна́к (odnák)

Usage notes

  • The forms втім (vtim) (used after vowels) and уті́м (utím) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

References

  • Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “втім”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 361
  • втім”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

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