прежде

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣжде (prěžde).

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Adverb

пре́жде • (préžde)

  1. previously, before, formerly

Preposition

пре́жде • (préžde)

  1. before, previously to
    пре́жде всего́ ― préžde vsevó ― first of all

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прежде”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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