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

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