зараз

• zaraz — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian заразъ (zaraz), the stress and geographical spread of the word hint at borrowing from Polish zaraz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaras]

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за́раз • (záraz)

1. right away, immediately, instantly, now (in the immediate future or without delay)

   За́раз прынясу. ― Záraz prynjasu. ― I'll bring it right away.

   А за́раз, ка́лі ла́ска, сяда́йце тут. ― A záraz, káli láska, sjadájcje tut. ― And now, please, take this seat.

   За́раз пойдзе дождж. ― Záraz pójdzje doždž. ― It is about to rain.

2. (uncommon, dated) currently, nowadays (at this moment, at present)

   Synonym: цяпе́р (cjapjér)

Possibly from за (za) +‎ раз (raz). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [zaˈras]

зара́з • (zaráz)

1. in one go, in one sitting, at once (at the same time; simultaneously)

   Ён з'еў абодва бутэрброды зара́з. ― Jon zʺjeŭ abódva buterbródy zaráz. ― He ate both sandwiches in one go.

• “зараз” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “зараз”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈras]

зара́з • (zaráz) f inan pl or f anim pl

1. inflection of зара́за (zaráza):
   1. genitive plural
   2. animate accusative plural

Inherited from Old Ruthenian заразъ (zaraz), the stress and geographical spread of the word hint at borrowing from Polish zaraz. Compare Ukrainian зара́з (zaráz, “all at once”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈzarɐz]

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за́раз • (záraz)

1. now
2. (often зараз же) right away, immediately, instantly
3. at once

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈraz]

зара́з • (zaráz) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of зара́за (zaráza)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зараз”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “зараз”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “зараз”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “зараз”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “зараз”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “зараз”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зараз”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)