въпреки

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• въ́прѣки (vǎ́prěki) (Pre-reform orthography (1945))

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic въпрѣкꙑ (vŭprěky), univerbation of в (v) +‎ преки (preki). The later is a fossilized feminine plural accusative case of Bulgarian пряк (prjak, “direct”). Cognate with Russian вопреки́ (voprekí) (borrowed from the same Old Church Slavonic word).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɤprɛki]

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Preposition

въ́преки • (vǎ́preki)

1. in spite of, despite, notwithstanding, contrary to

Related terms

• на́преки (nápreki)
• о́преки (ópreki) (dialectal)

References

• “въпреки”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “въпреки”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “въпрѣкꙑ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024