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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сквозѣ (skvozě, “through, across”), a locative case of Proto-Slavic *skvozъ (“aperture”). Related to сква́жина (skvážina).
Pronunciation
Preposition
сквозь • (skvozʹ)
- through
1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter II, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:Лунный свет падал сквозь решётку окна внутрь комнаты, на пол, и освещал часть постели и измученное, бледное лицо больного с закрытыми глазами; теперь в нём не было ничего безумного.- Lunnyj svet padal skvozʹ rešótku okna vnutrʹ komnaty, na pol, i osveščal častʹ posteli i izmučennoje, blednoje lico bolʹnovo s zakrytymi glazami; teperʹ v njom ne bylo ničevo bezumnovo.
- The moonlight, entering through the window grating of our patient's room, illuminated a part of the bedding on the floor and the harassed, pale face of a man with closed eyes; there was nothing mad in him now.
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сквозь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “сквозь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 168