prieš

See also: pries and priés

Lithuanian

Etymology

Back-formation from pri̇́ešais (“opposite”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prʲiə̯ʃ]

Preposition

priẽš[3] [with accusative]

  1. 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
  2. (temporal) before
    1. by, no later than
      Grįžk namo prieš tamsą. ― Come home before dark.
    2. prior to
  3. (spatial) in front of
    Tu visą laiką sėdi prieš televizorių. ― You're always in front of the TV.
  4. ago
    prieš keletą minučių ― a few minutes ago

Antonyms

References

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