пред

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See also: пред-

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ. Equivalent to пре (pre, “afore”) (obsolete) +‎ -д (-d).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation(key): пред
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Preposition

пред • (pred)

  1. in front of, before
    ку́чето е пред кути́ята
    kúčeto e pred kutíjata
    the dog is in front of the box

References

  • “пред”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “пред”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

Preposition

пред • (pred)

  1. before
    Пред смртта на мајка ти, живеевме на село.
    Pred smrtta na majka ti, živeevme na selo.
    Before your mother's death, we lived in the countryside.
  2. ago
    Се вселивме пред две години.
    Se vselivme pred dve godini.
    We moved in two years ago.
  3. in front of
    Има камион пред влезот од гаражата.
    Ima kamion pred vlezot od garažata.
    There is a truck in front of the entrance to the garage.

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъ (prědŭ). Doublet of пе́ред (péred), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

Preposition

пред • (pred)

  1. (archaic, literary) in front of, before
    Synonym: пе́ред (péred)

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пред”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъ (prědŭ) from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

Preposition

пре̏д (Latin spelling prȅd)

  1. in front of, to the front of (with change of position, answering the question ку̀да)
    C(ј)едни преда ме. ― Sit in front of me.
  2. just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question ка̏д)
    пред рат ― just before the war
  3. before, in front of (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏)
    С(ј)едим пред кућом. ― I'm sitting in front of the house.
  4. (figuratively) (+ instrumental case) in face of, facing

Usage notes

The alternative form пре̏да occurs before the enclitic forms of the personal pronoun:

пре̏да ме
пре̏да те
пре̏да се
пре̏да њ
пре̏да мно̄м
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