между

See also: междю and между-

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛʒˈdu]

Preposition

между́ • (meždú)

1. between (in the position or interval that separates two things)

---

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic междоу (meždu), from Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Compare true East Slavic меж (mež).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲeʐdʊ]

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

ме́жду • (méždu)

1. (with instrumental, rarely with genitive) between, among

   Synonym: меж (mež)

Derived terms

• междунаро́дный (meždunaródnyj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “между”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress