пред-

See also: пред

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдъ- (prědŭ-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prʲɪd] (before vowels and voiced consonants)
• IPA^(key): [prʲɪt] (before voiceless consonants)

Prefix

пред- • (pred-)

1. (used with verbs) before, fore-, pre-

   ‎пред- (pred-) + ‎писа́ть (pisátʹ, “to write”) → ‎предписа́ть (predpisátʹ, “to prescribe”)

   ‎пред- (pred-) + ‎ви́деть (vídetʹ, “to see”) → ‎предви́деть (predvídetʹ, “to foresee”)

   ‎пред- (pred-) + ‎расположи́ть (raspoložítʹ, “to dispose, to arrange”) → ‎предрасположи́ть (predraspoložítʹ, “to predispose”)

   ‎пред- (pred-) + ‎течь (tečʹ, “to flow”) + ‎-а (-a, agent noun suffix) → ‎предте́ча (predtéča, “precursor, forerunner”)

2. cis- (in place names)

   ‎пред- (pred-) + ‎Карпа́ты (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) → ‎Предкарпа́тье (Predkarpátʹje, “Ciscarpathia”)

Derived terms

Russian terms prefixed with пред-

Related terms

• пред (pred)
• пе́ред (péred)