teraz

== Old Polish == === Etymology === Univerbation of ten + raz. First attested in the 15th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /tɛraːs/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /tɛrɒs/ === Adverb === teraz now (at the present time) Synonym: dopiro just, only now Synonym: dopiro ==== Descendants ==== Polish: teraz, tera (dialectal) Silesian: terŏz, teraz, tera, terŏ, terazy (Cieszyn) === References === B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “teraz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Alternative forms === tera (dialectal) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish teraz. By surface analysis, univerbation of ten +‎ raz. Compare Slovak teraz, Kashubian terôz, and Slovincian teroz. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛras Syllabification: te‧raz === Adverb === teraz (not comparable) now (at the present time) Synonyms: aktualnie, obecnie === Noun === teraz n (indeclinable) now (present time) === Particle === teraz the speaker believes they can say what they are saying now because of what they said earlier; now ==== Derived terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), teraz is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 30 times in scientific texts, 12 times in news, 19 times in essays, 163 times in fiction, and 258 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 482 times, making it the 93rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === teraz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN teraz in Polish dictionaries at PWN Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “teraz”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “TERAZ”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 22.09.2008 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “teraz”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “teraz”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “teraz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 47 == Slovak == === Etymology === Compare Polish teraz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈteras] === Adverb === teraz now ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “teraz”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026