сперва

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Russian

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Adverb

сперва́ • (spervá)

  1. first, firstly
    • 1975, Виктор Астафьев [Viktor Astafyev], “Уха на Боганиде”, in Царь-рыба, Moscow: Progress Publishers; English translation from K. Hammond, transl., Queen Fish, 1982:
      Бригади́р и за кру́жку бра́лся после́дним — сиде́л он у торца́ стола́ хозя́ином-отцо́м, его́ забо́ты сперва́ о семье́, пото́м о себе́.
      Brigadír i za krúžku brálsja poslédnim — sidél on u torcá stolá xozjáinom-otcóm, jevó zabóty spervá o semʹjé, potóm o sebé.
      The team-leader was the last to drink from the beaker: he sat at the head of the table, host and paterfamilias, concerned firstly for his family and only then for himself.
  2. at first, originally

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