понеже

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic пон҄еже (ponʹeže); cognates include Russian поне́же (ponéže) (archaic and literary).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈnɛʒɛ]

Conjunction

поне́же • (ponéže)

1. because, since

   Synonym: защо́то (zaštóto)

References

• “понеже”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “понеже”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “понеже”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 515

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• понѥже (ponježe)
• ⱂⱁⱀⰵⰶⰵ (poneže) — Glagolitic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poňeže. By surface analysis, понѥ (ponje) +‎ -же (-že).

Conjunction

пон҄еже • (ponʹeže)

1. because, since
2. as long as, to what extent
3. therefore, owing to
4. when

Descendants

• Bulgarian: поне́же (ponéže)
• → Russian: поне́же (ponéže)

References

• “понеже”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
• Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic пон҄еже (ponʹeže), cognates include Bulgarian поне́же (ponéže).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈnʲeʐɨ]

Conjunction

поне́же • (ponéže)

1. (archaic, literary) inasmuch as, as, since, because

   Synonyms: поско́льку (poskólʹku), потому́ что (potomú što)