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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak pre, from Proto-Slavic *per.
Pronunciation
Preposition
пре (pre)
- for, for the sake of
- пре тото ― pre toto ― hereby (literally, “for this”)
- пре тебе ― pre tebe ― for you
- for, because of, due to, owing to, on account of
- Synonym: (obsolete) проци (proci)
- пре тоту причину ― pre totu pričinu ― for this reason
2025 April 4, А. Мудри, “Нїби”, in Руске Слово:Дзепоєдни ношели амрели пре диждж, а други пре дзела.- Dzepojedni nošeli amreli pre diždž, a druhi pre dzela.
- Some carried umbrellas for the rain, and others for the cannons.
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “пре”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “because”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 36
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “for”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 118
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “hereby”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 136
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Adverb
пре̏ (Latin spelling prȅ)
- before, earlier
Preposition
пре̏ (Latin spelling prȅ) (+ genitive case)
- before
- ago