наче
/[ˈnat͡ʃe]/
Ukrainianconjparticle
Definitions
- 1.as if, as though, as, like
Some of them were even ready to die for fear, and fell down as dead with the very terror.
Déxto z nyx málo ne vmer z pereljáku j upáv na zémlju, náče mértvyj. — Olena Khatuntsveva
- 2.it is alleged/purported that, allegedly, purportedly
- 3.(it is/was/seems/seemed) as if, as though; apparently, ostensibly, seemingly
Вона́ на́че хоті́ла щось сказа́ти.
Voná náče xotíla ščosʹ skazáty. — It was as if she wanted to say something.
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- на́чеб
- на́чебто
- нена́че
- нена́чеб
- нена́чебто
- ні́́би
- ні́́бито
Etymology
From earlier нена́че (nenáče), from не (ne) + іна́че (ináče).
Forms
- на́чеcanonical
- náčeromanization
- нена́чеalternative
- нена́чебalternative
- нена́чебтоalternative
- на́чебalternative
- на́чебтоalternative