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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъrzъ, *(s)krozě. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian кро̏з, Ukrainian крізь (krizʹ), Czech krz, Slovak kroz. Old Church Slavonic скрозѣ (skrozě) probably results from a confluence of кръз (krǎz) with synonymous скво́зе (skvóze).
Pronunciation
Preposition
кръз • (krǎz)
- (dialectal, dated) through, across, over
- Synonyms: (standard) през (prez), (dialectal) скво́зе (skvóze)
- чрез (črez, “via, by means of”)
- чред (čred, “in turn, in way”) (dialectal, archaic)
References
- “кръз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кръз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 41