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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic нежели (neželi). By surface analysis, (dialectal) не́же (néže, “not thus”) + ли (li, interrogative particle).
Conjunction
нежели • (neželi)
- Expresses comparison between relative states: but not, instead, rather than
- Synonyms: камо ли (kamo li), негли (negli)
Предпочитам бесилото, нежели да предам народа си.- Predpočitam besiloto, neželi da predam naroda si.
- I prefer the gallows, instead of betraying my people.
Него го мързи да лежи, нежели да работи.- Nego go mǎrzi da leži, neželi da raboti.
- He is too lazy to loll down, what remains to work.
References
- “нежели”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “не́же и не́жели”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 260
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “неже, нежели”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 600
- “нежели”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Old Church Slavonic
Conjunction
нежели • (neželi)
- than
Russian
Pronunciation
Conjunction
не́жели • (néželi)
- (dated) than
- Synonym: чем (čem)