заки
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Ukrainian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
за́ки • (záky)
Conjunction[edit]
за́ки • (záky)
- (dialectal) so long as, while
- (dialectal) until, before
- 1947, George Orwell, translated by Ihor Ševčenko ("Ivan Cherniatynsky"), Колгосп Тварин [Animal Farm]:
- Спів цієї пісні кинув тварин у стан дикого збудження. Заки ще Марко дійшов до кінця, вони почали співати її про себе.
- Spiv cijeji pisni kynuv tvaryn u stan dykoho zbudžennja. Zaky šče Marko dijšov do kincja, vony počaly spivaty jiji pro sebe.
- The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement. Almost before Major had reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves.
- (literally, “The singing of this song threw the animals into a state of wild excitement. Already before Mark had reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves.”)
Synonyms[edit]
- по́ки (póky)
References[edit]
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “заки”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka