ужо

• ўжо (ŭžo) (after vowels)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)uže. Cognate with Russian уже́ (užé).

• IPA^(key): [uˈʐo]

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ужо́ • (užó)

1. already

   ужо́ не ― užó nje ― no longer, not anymore

The forms ужо́ (užó) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and ўжо (ŭžo) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

• “ужо” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈʐo]

ужо́ • (užó) (colloquial, somewhat obsolete)

1. afterwards, later in the day, later when you have the time
2. (predicative) just you wait, soon enough when the time comes
   • 1841, Aleksandr Pushkin, Дубро́вскій (Dubróvskij):

     Я васъ ужо́ проучу́! (Pre-reform orthography (1918)) ― Ja vas užó proučú! ― I’ll teach you a lesson, you just wait!

     Ja vas užó proučú! (Pre-reform orthography (1918)) ― Ja vas užó proučú! ― I’ll teach you a lesson, you just wait!

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   • 1823-1836, Aleksandr Pushkin, Уто́пленникъ (Utóplennik)

     Бу́детъ вамъ ужо́ мертве́цъ! (Pre-reform orthography (1918)) ― Búdet vam užó mertvéc! ― You'll get your dead man soon enough!

   Synonym: погоди́ (pogodí)

3. Used exclamatively as a promise of imminent punishment

   Ужо́ я тебя́! Ужо́ тебе́! ― Užó ja tebjá! Užó tebé! ― Just you wait!, I'll get you!