инако

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьnako.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjinɑkɔ/→/ˈjinakɔ/→/ˈjinakɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjinɑkɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjinakɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjinakɔ/

Adverb

инако (inako)

  1. otherwise, differently
    • 1110s, Laurentian Codex:
      ꙗко кр(с)тлъсѧ есть в киевѣ. и ини же рѣша василиви. друзии же инако скажють.
      jako kr(s)tlŭsę jestĭ v kijevě. i ini že rěša vasilivi. druzii že inako skažjutĭ.
      that he is baptized in Kiev, and some said in Vasilev, and the others would say otherwise

Descendants

  • Belarusian: іна́кш (inákš), іна́чай (ináčaj)
  • ⇒? Russian: ина́че (ináče), и́наче (ínače)
  • Ukrainian: іна́к (inák), іна́кше (inákše), іна́че (ináče)

References

  • Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 509: “и́нако ― ínako”
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