напроти
Ukrainian
Etymology
Univerbation of на (na) + про́ти (próty). Comare Russian напро́тив (naprótiv).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɐˈprɔte]
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Adverb
напро́ти • (napróty)
- opposite, across the way
- Synonym: навпро́ти (navpróty)
Preposition
напро́ти • (napróty) (+ genitive case)
- opposite (to), across from, across the way from, facing
- Synonyms: навпро́ти (navpróty), про́ти (próty)
- (dated, rare) vis-à-vis (with regard to)
- Synonyms: відно́сно (vidnósno), що́до (ščódo)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “напроти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “напроти”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “напроти”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “напроти”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “напроти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “напроти”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)