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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, пред (pred, before, in front of) +‎ -ний (-nij).

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Adjective

пре́жний (préžnij)

  1. former, previous
    Synonyms: было́й (bylój), мину́вший (minúvšij), про́шлый (próšlyj), проше́дший (prošédšij), бы́вший (bývšij), ста́рый (stáryj)
    • 2001, Борис Акунин , “Часть первая. Блюдитеся псов. I. Смерть Загуляя”, in Пелагия и белый бульдог, Москва: АСТ; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Pelagia & the White Bulldog, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006:
      Отде́льное ме́сто занима́л обши́рный шкаф с тракта́тами по аске́тике, напомина́ние о пре́жнем увлече́нии преосвяще́нного.
      Otdélʹnoje mésto zanimál obšírnyj škaf s traktátami po askétike, napominánije o préžnem uvlečénii preosvjaščénnovo.
      A separate place was accorded to a broad bookcase with tracts on asceticism, a reminder of His Grace’s former enthusiasm.

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