soon
Etymology
уредиОд Средњи Енглески soone, sone, од Стари Енглески sōna (“immediately, at once”), од Пра-Германски *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), од *sa (demonstrative pronoun), од Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Cognate са Шкотски sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Холандски zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare са Готски 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), од Пра-Германски *suniz (“soon”).
Pronunciation
уредиAdjective
уредиsoon (comparative sooner, superlative soonest)
- Short in length of time from the present.
- I need the soonest date you have available.
- (US, dialect) early
- 1992, W. H. Andrews: A Paul Green Reader, p 129:
- Late in the evening we arrived at Quincy where we bivouacked for the night and taken a soon start the next morning to march to the arsenal.
- 1997, Dorothy Stanaland Samuel, Taliaferro Leslie Samuel: The Samuell/Samuel Families of Tidewater Virginia, p 148:
- Got up pretty early, ate a soon breakfast, had the sulky and was about to start to Newtown when it commenced raining..
- 2000, Laurence G. Avery: A Paul Green Reader, p 220:
- They were different from colored folks who had to be out to get a soon start.
- 1992, W. H. Andrews: A Paul Green Reader, p 129:
Adverb
уредиsoon (comparative sooner, superlative soonest)
- (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
- Within a short time; quickly.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […] , down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
- 2014 април 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese […] began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
- (now dialectal) Early.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 2:18,[1]
- How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, University of Illinois Press, 1978, Chapter 6, p. 87,[2]
- “Been huntin’ fuh mah mule. Anybody seen ’im?” he asked.
- “Seen ’im soon dis mornin’ over behind de school-house,” Lum said. “’’Bout ten o’clock or so. He musta been out all night tuh be way over dere dat early.”
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Exodus 2:18,[1]
- Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.
- (Can we датум this quote by Joseph Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.
- (Can we датум this quote by Joseph Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Derived terms
уредиTranslations
уредиwithin a short time
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References
уредиAnagrams
уредиBavarian
уредиAlternative forms
уредиEtymology
уредиFrom Old High German sagēn, from Пра-Германски *sagjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-. Compare Low German seggen, Холандски zeggen, Енглески say, Дански sige, Шведски säga.
Verb
уредиsoon
References
уреди- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Estonian
уредиEtymology
уредиFrom Lua грешка in Модул:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.., from Proto-Uralic *sëne. Cognates include with Фински suoni, Mansi and Мађарски ín (“sinew”).
Noun
уредиsoon (genitive soone, partitive soont)
Declension
уредиОвај noun захтева inflection-table template.
Wolof
уредиEtymology
уредиPronunciation
уредиVerb
уредиsoon