попри

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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak popri. By surface analysis, univerbation of по (po) +‎ при (pri).

Pronunciation

Preposition

попри (popri)

  1. beside, next to
    Synonym: при (pri)
    попри хижи заградкаpopri xiži zahradkathere is a garden next to the house
  2. along, down, alongside
    Synonyms: воздлуж (vozdluž), коло (kolo), наздлуж (nazdluž)
    попри побрежя/побрежю мочарна жем
    popri pobrežja/pobrežju močarna žem
    along the coast is marshland
  3. in addition to, besides
    Synonym: окрем (okrem)
    попри других ту и вон
    popri druhix tu i von
    he is also here in addition to the others
    • 2024 September 13, М. Горняк Кухар, “Єдина Рускиня хтора робела иконостаси у наших церквох”, in Руске Слово:
      Попри иконох, роби портрети, пейзажи, конї, птици и практично шицко цо ше єй пачи.
      Popri ikonox, robi portreti, pejzaži, konji, ptici i praktično šicko co še jej pači.
      Besides icons, she creates portraits, landscapes, horses, birds and practically everything that she likes.
  4. along with, while, with (denotes simultaneity)
    нєприятель напада попри потримовки танкох
    njeprijatelʹ napada popri potrimovki tankox
    the enemy attacks with the support of tanks
  5. beside, next to, compared with, vis-à-vis
    чловек малки попри велькому швету
    človek malki popri velʹkomu švetu
    man is small compared to the great world
  6. (usually with и (i)) despite, in spite of
    Synonym: без огляду (bez ohljadu)
    попри пецерих дзецох оцец нє роби
    popri pecerix dzecox ocec nje robi
    despite his five children, the father does not work
    и попри шицким нє удало ше му
    i popri šickim nje udalo še mu
    despite everything he did not succeed

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

попри́ (poprí)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of попере́ть (poperétʹ)

Etymology 2

Verb

попри́ (poprí)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of попра́ть (poprátʹ)

Ukrainian

Etymology 1

по (po) +‎ при (pry)

Pronunciation

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Preposition

по́при (pópry) (+ accusative)

  1. despite, in spite of
    Synonym: всу́переч (vsúpereč)
    по́при цеpópry cedespite this, in spite of this
    по́при всеpópry vsedespite everything, in spite of everything

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Verb

попри́ (poprý)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of попе́рти (popérty)

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