сейчас

Russian

Alternative forms

• сейча́съ (sejčás) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))
• щас (ščas) (colloquial, seldom used in writing, only to convey a person's pronunciation)
• ща (šča) (colloquial, seldom used in writing, only to convey a person's pronunciation)

Etymology

Univerbation of сей (sej) + час (čas), ”this hour”, ”this time” (note: “сей” is dated, bookish or stilted (unlike “э́тот”), “час” in the sense of “time” is dated or poetic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲɪˈt͡ɕas] (phonetic respelling: сеча́с) (й (j) is mostly silent, even in a very formal pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): [ɕːas] (phonetic respelling: щас) (casual, very common)
• IPA^(key): [sʲɪjˈt͡ɕas] (slow and thorough, less common)

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• Rhymes: -as

Adverb

сейча́с • (sejčás)

1. now, at present
2. presently, immediately, at once
3. just now

Synonyms

• тепе́рь (tepérʹ)