медзитим

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak medzitým. By surface analysis, univerbation of медзи (medzi) +‎ тим (tim). Compare Carpathian Rusyn межи тым (mežy tŷm), Czech mezitím, Russian между тем (meždu tem), Serbo-Croatian међутим / međutim, Slovak medzitým and Ukrainian між тим (miž tym).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛˈd͡zitim]
  • Rhymes: -itim
  • Hyphenation: ме‧дзи‧тим

Adverb

медзитим (medzitim)

  1. however, nevertheless, but
    Synonym: заш лєм (zaš ljem)
  2. meanwhile, in the meantime, on the other hand
    Synonyms: у медзичаше (u medzičaše), (obsolete) пречи (preči)
    • 2024 November 2, Ол. Русковски, “Занїманє гуманосци, одвичательносци и огромней любови [Occupation of humanity, of responsibility and of great love]”, in Руске Слово‎[1]:
      Патраци з боку на пород, односно на бабицу, шицко випатра досц лєгко, медзитим указало ше же ше тоту роботу учи през цали живот.
      Patraci z boku na porod, odnosno na babicu, šicko vipatra dosc ljehko, medzitim ukazalo še že še totu robotu uči prez cali život.
      Looking from the side at the birth, that is, at the midwife, everything appears quite easy, meanwhile it turned out that she has been learning this work all her life.

References

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