Definitions
- 1.already
Rekao sam ti već da ne mogu da ga vidim.
I already told you I can't see it.
Samo kreni već jednom!
Just go already!
- 2.by now
Ne znam gdje su, već su trebali stići.
I don't know where they are, they should have arrived by now.
- 3.more
- 4.but, but rather (see also nȅgo)
1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme
Da iz neba plaha kiša padne, / niđe ne bi na zemljicu pala, / već na dobre konje i junake. — If from the sky an impetuous rain were to fall, / nowhere would it fall on the soil, / but rather on good horses and heroes.
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vęťь.
Forms
- vȅćcanonical
- ве̏ћcyrillic