пред
See also: пред-
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *perdъ. Equivalent to пре (pre, “afore”) (obsolete) + -д (-d).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
пред • (pred)
- in front of, before
- ку́чето е пред кути́ята
- kúčeto e pred kutíjata
- the dog is in front of the box
References edit
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
пред • (pred)
- before
- Пред смртта на мајка ти, живеевме на село.
- Pred smrtta na majka ti, živeevme na selo.
- Before your mother's death, we lived in the countryside.
- ago
- Се вселивме пред две години.
- Se vselivme pred dve godini.
- We moved in two years ago.
- in front of
- Има камион пред влезот од гаражата.
- Ima kamion pred vlezot od garažata.
- There is a truck in front of the entrance to the garage.
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- пре́до (prédo) — before awkward consonant clusters
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъ (prědŭ). Doublet of пе́ред (péred), the inherited East Slavic form.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
пред • (pred)
- (archaic, literary) in front of, before (+ instrumental case)
- Synonym: перед (pered)
See also edit
- пред- (pred-)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пред”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
пре̏д (Latin spelling prȅd)
- in front of, to the front of (with change of position, answering the question ку̀да) [+accusative]
- C(ј)едни преда ме. ― Sit in front of me.
- just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question ка̏д) [+accusative]
- пред рат ― just before the war
- before, in front of (without change of position, answering the question гдје̏/где̏) [+instrumental]
- С(ј)едим пред кућом. ― I'm sitting in front of the house.
- (figuratively) (+ instrumental case) in face of, facing
Usage notes edit
The alternative form пре̏да occurs before the enclitic forms of the personal pronoun:
- пре̏да ме
- пре̏да те
- пре̏да се
- пре̏да њ
- пре̏да мно̄м