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Russian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
пре́жний • (préžnij)
- former, previous
- Synonyms: было́й (bylój), мину́вший (minúvšij), про́шлый (próšlyj), проше́дший (prošédšij), бы́вший (bývšij), ста́рый (stáryj)
2001, Борис Акунин [Boris Akunin], “Часть первая. Блюдитеся псов. I. Смерть Загуляя”, in Пелагия и белый бульдог, Москва: АСТ; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Pelagia & the White Bulldog, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006:Отде́льное ме́сто занима́л обши́рный шкаф с тракта́тами по аске́тике, напомина́ние о пре́жнем увлече́нии преосвяще́нного.- Otdélʹnoje mésto zanimál obšírnyj škaf s traktátami po askétike, napominánije o préžnem uvlečénii preosvjaščénnovo.
- A separate place was accorded to a broad bookcase with tracts on asceticism, a reminder of His Grace’s former enthusiasm.
Declension
Declension of пре́жний (short class a*)
Derived terms