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прежде

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣжде (prěžde).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈprʲɛʐdʲe]
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Adverb

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пре́жде (préžde)

  1. previously, before, formerly
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Preposition

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пре́жде (préžde) [with genitive]

  1. before, previously to
    пре́жде всего́préžde vsevófirst of all

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прежде”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress