кръз
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kъrzъ, *(s)krozě. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian кро̏з, Ukrainian крізь (krizʹ), Czech krz, Slovak kroz. Old Church Slavonic скрозѣ (skrozě) probably results from a confluence of кръз (krǎz) with synonymous скво́зе (skvóze).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [krɤs]
Preposition
кръз • (krǎz)
- (dialectal, dated) through, across, over
- Synonyms: (standard) през (prez), (dialectal) скво́зе (skvóze)
Alternative forms
- кроз (kroz)
Related terms
- чрез (črez, “via, by means of”)
- чред (čred, “in turn, in way”) (dialectal, archaic)
References
- кръз in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “кръз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 41