через

See also: чэрэз

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic чересъ (čeresŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-. Doublet of чрез (črez), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕerʲɪs]

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Preposition

че́рез • (čérez) (+ accusative case)

1. through
2. across, over
3. (time) in, after

   Я бу́ду петь пе́сню че́рез пять мину́т.

   Ja búdu petʹ pésnju čérez pjatʹ minút.

   I will sing a song after five minutes.

   че́рез семь мину́т по́сле отхо́да ― čérez semʹ minút pósle otxóda ― seven minutes after departure

4. via

   до Киева через Москву́ ― do Kijeva čerez Moskvú ― to Kiev via Moscow

5. with, with the help of
6. because of

Derived terms

• че́рез день (čérez denʹ, “every other day”)

Related terms

• черта́ (čertá)
• чре́сла (črésla)
• коро́ткий (korótkij)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “через”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress