через
See also: чэрэз
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕerʲɪs]
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Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic чересъ (čeresŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-. Doublet of чрез (črez), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Preposition
че́рез • (čérez) (+ accusative case)
- through
- across, over
- (time) in, after
- Я бу́ду петь пе́снюче́рез пять мину́т.
- Ja búdu petʹ pésnju čérez pjatʹ minút.
- I will sing a song after five minutes.
- че́рез семь мину́т по́сле отхо́да ― čérez semʹ minút pósle otxóda ― seven minutes after departure
- via
- до Киева через Москву́ ― do Kijeva čerez Moskvú ― to Kiev via Moscow
- with, with the help of
- every other
- В фи́нском ударе́ние па́дает че́рез слог.
- V fínskom udarénije pádajet čérez slog.
- In Finnish stress falls [on] every other syllable.
- (dated, poetic) because of
Alternative forms
- че́резъ (čérez) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Derived terms
- че́рез день (čérez denʹ, “every other day”)
Related terms
- черта́ (čertá)
- чре́сла (črésla)
- коро́ткий (korótkij)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čersъ.
Noun
че́рез • (čérez) m inan (genitive че́реза, nominative plural че́резы, genitive plural че́резов)
- (obsolete) leather belt with purse for money, bysack-girdle, money belt
- 1868, Нестор Кукольник, Иоанн III, собиратель земли русской:
- А дьяка Истому совсем не признать в приказчике, запоясанном по кожану здоровым черезом, чуть не с аршинными кожаными ж варягами на руках, привыкших к калыму письменному.
- A dʹjaka Istomu sovsem ne priznatʹ v prikazčike, zapojasannom po kožanu zdorovym čerezom, čutʹ ne s aršinnymi kožanymi ž varjagami na rukax, privykšix k kalymu pisʹmennomu.
- But Dyak Istoma one can hardly recognize in the clerk, girdled before the leather-coat with a great bysack-belt, almost with sprawled leather Vikings on the hands, wont of written grafts.
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Declension
Declension of че́рез (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | че́рез čérez | че́резы čérezy |
| genitive | че́реза čéreza | че́резов čérezov |
| dative | че́резу čérezu | че́резам čérezam |
| accusative | че́рез čérez | че́резы čérezy |
| instrumental | че́резом čérezom | че́резами čérezami |
| prepositional | че́резе čéreze | че́резах čérezax |
Alternative forms
- че́рес (čéres)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “через”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Preposition
через (Latin spelling čerez) (+ genitive case)
- (dialectal) because of, for the sake of
Alternative forms
- черес
- че̏ре
- череш
Related terms
- чрез
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic чересъ (čeresŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛrez]
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Preposition
че́рез • (čérez) (+ accusative case)
- across, over (from one side to the other of)
- through
- Synonym: крізь (krizʹ)
- via
- through, with (means)
- because of, due to
- Synonyms: вна́слідок (vnáslidok), завдяки́ (zavdjaký)
- in, after (time)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “через”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “через”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “через”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “через”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “через”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)