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Belarusian
Etymology
Possibly an alteration of older *чэ́раз (*čéraz),
from Old East Slavic чересъ (čeresŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Compare Russian че́рез (čérez).
Pronunciation
Preposition
це́раз • (cjéraz) (+ accusative case)
- through
- Synonyms: скрозь (skrozʹ), праз (praz)
- прайсці́ це́раз лес ― prajscí cjéraz ljes ― to pass through the forest
- across, over
- Synonym: праз (praz)
- beyond
- працава́ць це́раз сі́лу ― pracavácʹ cjéraz sílu ― to work beyond one's strength
- because of, due to
- це́раз яго́ мно́гія пацярпе́лі ― cjéraz jahó mnóhija pacjarpjéli ― because of him many suffered
- (with time) after, upon, in, on
дождж ішо́ў на́ват це́раз по́ўдзень- doždž išóŭ návat cjéraz póŭdzjenʹ
- it was raining even in the afternoon
- every other
Дзяжу́рыў цераз дзень.- Dzjažúryŭ cjeraz dzjenʹ.
- He was on duty every other day.
References
- “цераз” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
- “цераз”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)