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при

//prî//
Serbo-Croatianprep
Latinica: prione entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    close to, near, at (denoting spatial proximity)
    • при самом улазу

      right at the entrance

    • при крају улице

      at the end of the street

    • при врху брда

      near the top of the hill

  2. 2.
    with, having, in possession of
    • бити при новцу

      to have money, having money

    • бити при св(иј)ести

      to be conscious, having consciousness

    • бити при (здравој) памети

      to be in one's right mind

  3. 3.
    archaicat (belonging to, collaborating with)
    • писар при суду

      a scribe at the court

  4. 4.
    during, while, at (denoting temporal co-occurrence)
    • при заласку сунца

      during the sunset, while the sun was/is setting

    • при јелу

      while eating

    • при крају разговора

      at the end of the conversation

  5. 5.
    idiomatic and figurative meanings
    • бити некоме при руци

      to help somebody

    • остајем при својој изјави

      I stick to my statement

    • остајем при своме мишљењу

      I stick to my opinion

Synonyms & related words

Related words (1)
  • при-

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei.

Forms

  • при̏canonical
  • prȉromanization

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