всупереч

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Possibly from в (v) +‎ супере́ч(ити) (superéč(yty)). Compare Russian вопреки́ (voprekí), Belarusian насу́перак (nasúpjerak). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *perkъ, whence also Ukrainian перека (pereka), Ukrainian поперек (poperek), Ukrainian безпереч (bezpereč), Ukrainian уперек (uperek).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

всу́переч • (vsúpereč) (+ dative case)

  1. contrary to, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding
    Synonyms: наперекі́р (naperekír), незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na), по́при (pópry)

Usage notes

  • The forms всу́переч (vsúpereč) (used after vowels) and усу́переч (usúpereč) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “всупереч”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, pages 341-342

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