срещу

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• сречу́ (srečú) — Shopski
• с-щу (s-štu) — contraction

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic сърѧщю (sŭręštju), fossilized dual locative case of сре́ща (sréšta, “meeting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [srɛʃˈtu]

Preposition

срещу́ • (sreštú)

1. against
2. versus
3. opposite; facing
4. in front of
5. compared to
6. in exchange/return for
7. before, on the eve of

References

• “срещу”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “срещу”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014