наче

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

  • нена́че (nenáče), нена́чеб (nenáčeb), нена́чебто (nenáčebto), на́чеб (náčeb), на́чебто (náčebto)

Etymology

From earlier нена́че (nenáče), from не (ne) +‎ іна́че (ináče).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnat͡ʃe]
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Conjunction

на́че • (náče)

  1. as if, as though, as, like
    • 1719, Daniel Defoe, translated by Олена Хатунцева [Olena Khatuntsveva], Життя й незвичайні та дивовижні пригоди Робінзона Крузо‎[1], translation of The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe:
      Де́хто з них ма́ло не вмер з переля́ку й упа́в на зе́млю, на́че ме́ртвий.
      Déxto z nyx málo ne vmer z pereljáku j upáv na zémlju, náče mértvyj.
      [original: Some of them were even ready to die for fear, and fell down as dead with the very terror.]
  2. it is alleged/purported that, allegedly, purportedly

Synonyms

Particle

на́че • (náče)

  1. (modal) (it is/was/seems/seemed) as if, as though; apparently, ostensibly, seemingly
    Synonyms: на́чеб (náčeb), на́чебто (náčebto), нена́че (nenáče), нена́чеб (nenáčeb), нена́чебто (nenáčebto), ні́́би (ní́by), ні́́бито (ní́byto)
    Вона́ на́че хоті́ла щось сказа́ти.
    Voná náče xotíla ščosʹ skazáty.
    It was as if she wanted to say something.

References

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