цєрез
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic чересъ (čeresŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, from *(s)ker-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʲɛrez]
Audio: noicon (file)
Preposition
цє́рез • (cjérez) (+ accusative case)
- across, over (from one side to the other of)
- through
- Synonym: крізь (krizʹ)
- via
- through, with (means)
- because of, due to (but it doesn't translate out of and of to express cause, e.g., "He died of cancer", Він помер від раку; "I fainted out of fear", Я знепритомнів від страху; moreover, it doesn't translate "because", тому що)
- Synonyms: вна́слідок (vnáslidok), завдяки́ (zavdjaký)
- in, after (time)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “цєрез”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “цєрез”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “цєрез”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “цєрез”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “цєрез”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)