prieš

See also: pries and priés

Lithuanian

priẽš^[3] [with accusative]

against
1. versus
  Vienas prieš visus. ― Alone against everyone.
2. in opposition
  Tomas atvirai prieš. ― Tomas is openly against.
3. in the opposite direction
  prieš srovę ― against the stream
(temporal) before
1. by, no later than
  Grįžk namo prieš tamsą. ― Come home before dark.
2. prior to
(spatial) in front of
Tu visą laiką sėdi prieš televizorių. ― You're always in front of the TV.
ago
prieš keletą minučių ― a few minutes ago

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “príešas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 485
^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “prieš”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, volume priẽš, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 959
^ “prieš”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025