преди

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɛˈdi]

Etymology 1

From Old Church Slavonic прѣди (prědi), the locative case of Proto-Slavic *perdь - an i-stem counterpart of Proto-Slavic *perdъ (“in front of”).

Adverb

преди́ • (predí) (not comparable)

1. before

Derived terms

• предишен (predišen, “former”)

References

• “преди”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “преди”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 637

Etymology 2

Verb

преди́ • (predí)

1. second-person singular imperative of преда́ (predá)