чрез

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic чрѣсъ (črěsŭ) / ⱍⱃⱑⱄⱏ (črěsŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-. Doublet of че́рез (čérez), inherited from Old East Slavic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕrʲes]

Preposition

чрез • (črez) (+ accusative case)

1. (poetic) through; across, over

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Kajkavian): čez, ćez

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čerzъ, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)kerso-.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃrêz/

Preposition

чре̏з (Latin spelling črȅz) (+ accusative case)

1. (archaic) through
   • 1814, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Pismenica serbskoga iezika, po govoru prostoga narod'a:

     …него би нуждно било да учени Сербльи учине їедну скупштину ради тога, пак то у договору да рїеше, и свима да їаве чрез їедну обштеначиньену и од свиїу одобрену Писменицу, по коїої би се после сваки драговольно владао, макар писао и їус (ꙛ), акамоли дебело їер (ъ) и їаћ (ѣ).

     …but rather it would be necessary for the learned Serbs to hold an assembly for that, then to resolve it in an agreement, and to announce it to everyone through one commonly-made and universally authorized Grammar, according to which everyone would afterward voluntarily act, even if they wrote the yus (ꙛ), let alone the hard sign (ъ) and yat (ѣ).

2. (archaic) in, within (of action, to be finished within the specified period)
3. (archaic) throughout

Synonyms

• кро̏з