теперь

• тепе́рича (tepériča) – colloquial, regional, jocular

Inherited from Old East Slavic топере (topere), itself inherited from Proto-Slavic *topьrvo. First recorded in Russian as тепе́речи (tepéreči) in 1562. Cognates include Ukrainian тепе́р (tepér, “now”), Belarusian цяпе́р (cjapjér, “now”) and Polish dopiero (“just (then)”).

• IPA^(key): [tʲɪˈpʲerʲ]

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тепе́рь • (tepérʹ)

1. now, at present

• Used in contrast with the past, in the sense of "and now" or "but now." Теперь cannot be used in the sense of "At once!" or "Immediately!" For this meaning of "now," see сейча́с (sejčás).

• сейча́с (sejčás)

• тепе́решний (tepérešnij)
• тепе́рича (tepériča)