кръз

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъrzъ, *(s)krozě. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian кро̏з, Ukrainian крізь (krizʹ), Czech krz, Slovak kroz. Old Church Slavonic скрозѣ (skrozě) probably results from a confluence of кръз (krǎz) with synonymous скво́зе (skvóze).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krɤs]

Preposition

кръз • (krǎz)

1. (dialectal, dated) through, across, over

   Synonyms: (standard) през (prez), (dialectal) скво́зе (skvóze)

Alternative forms

• кроз (kroz)

Related terms

• чрез (črez, “via, by means of”)
• чред (čred, “in turn, in way”) (dialectal, archaic)

References

• “кръз”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кръз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 41