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преди

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Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prɛˈdi]
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  • Hyphenation(key): пре‧ди

Etymology 1

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From Old Church Slavonic прѣди (prědi), the locative case of Proto-Slavic *perdь - an i-stem counterpart of Proto-Slavic *perdъ (in front of).

Adverb

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преди́ (predí) (not comparable)

  1. before, previously
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Preposition

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преди́ (predí)

  1. before, ago, prior to
    Synonym: досега (dosega)
    Дойдо́хме тук преди́ две годи́ни
    Dojdóhme tuk predí dve godíni
    We came here two years ago

References

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  • преди”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “преди”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 637

Etymology 2

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Verb

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преди́ (predí)

  1. second-person singular imperative of преда́ (predá)

References

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  • преди”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010