pierwej

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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjɛr.vɛj/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrvɛj
  • Syllabification: pier‧wej

Adverb

pierwej (not comparable)

  1. (literary) first, firstly, first of all (before anything else)
    Synonyms: najpierw, najprzód, najsampierw, na początku, naprzód, nasamprzód, na wstępie, pierw, po pierwsze, primo, wpierw

Further reading

  • pierwej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pierwej in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “pierwej”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN