прежде
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣжде (prěžde).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprʲɛʐdʲe]
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Adverb
пре́жде • (préžde)
- previously, before, formerly
Related terms
- пре́жде чем (préžde čem)
Preposition
пре́жде • (préžde) (+ genitive case)
- before, previously to
- пре́жде всего́ ― préžde vsevó ― first of all
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “прежде”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress