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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)
- beside, next to
- Synonym: при (pri)
- попри хижи заградка ― popri xiži zahradka ― there is a garden next to the house
- 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
- 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.
- along with, while, with (denotes simultaneity)
нєприятель напада попри потримовки танкох- njeprijatelʹ napada popri potrimovki tankox
- the enemy attacks with the support of tanks
- 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
- (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
Derived terms
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “попри”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “addition”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 17
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “besides”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 37
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “despite”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 82
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “side”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 279
Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
попри́ • (poprí)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of попере́ть (poperétʹ)
Etymology 2
Verb
попри́ • (poprí)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of попра́ть (poprátʹ)
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
по (po) + при (pry)
Pronunciation
Preposition
по́при • (pópry) (+ accusative)
- despite, in spite of
- Synonym: всу́переч (vsúpereč)
- по́при це ― pópry ce ― despite this, in spite of this
- по́при все ― pópry vse ― despite everything, in spite of everything
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
попри́ • (poprý)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of попе́рти (popérty)
Further reading