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Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *per-.
Prefix
пре- • (pre-)
- too, overly, excessively
- пре- (pre-) + голем (golem, “big”) → преголем (pregolem, “too big”)
- re-, again
- пре- (pre-) + прати (prati, “to send”) → препрати (preprati, “to resend, forward”)
- across, over, through
- пре- (pre-) + се качи (se kači, “to climb”) → се прекачи (se prekači, “to climb over”)
- пре- (pre-) + носи (nosi, “to carry”) → пренесе (prenese, “to transfer, transport, carry across”)
- indicates cessation
- пре- (pre-) + се срами (se srami, “to be ashamed”) → се пресрами (se presrami, “to stop being ashamed”)
Old Church Slavonic
Prefix
пре- • (pre-)
- Alternative form of прѣ- (prě-)
Derived terms
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пре- (pre-), прѣ- (prě-), from Proto-Slavic *per-. Compare native пере- (pere-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
пре- or пре́- • (pre- or pré-)
- (used with verbs) over, across
- пре- (pre-) + враща́ть (vraščátʹ, “to rotate, to turn”) → превраща́ть (prevraščátʹ, “to convert, to turn into”)
- пре- (pre-) + поднести́ (podnestí, “to bring, to offer”) → преподнести́ (prepodnestí, “to present”)
- пре- (pre-) + облада́ть (obladátʹ, “to possess, to own”) → преоблада́ть (preobladátʹ, “to prevail, to predominate”)
- (used with adjectives, may be accompanied by reduplication) most, very (superlative degree)
- пре- (pre-) + до́брый (dóbryj, “kind, good”) → предо́брый (predóbryj, “most kind”)
- пре- (pre-) + кра́сный (krásnyj, “beautiful”) (archaic) → прекра́сный (prekrásnyj, “most beautiful”)
- пре- (pre-) + драго́й (dragój, “dear”) → предраго́й (predragój)
- пре- (pre-) + скве́рный (skvérnyj, “bad, foul”) → прескве́рный (preskvérnyj, “very bad”)
Derived terms