попри
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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
попри́ • (poprí)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of попере́ть (poperétʹ)
Etymology 2
Verb
попри́ • (poprí)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of попра́ть (poprátʹ)
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Preposition
по́при • (pópry) (+ accusative)
- despite, in spite of
- Synonym: всу́переч (vsúpereč)
- по́при це ― pópry ce ― despite this, in spite of this
- по́при все ― pópry vse ― despite everything, in spite of everything
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
попри́ • (poprý)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of попе́рти (popérty)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “попри”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka