между

See also: междю and между-

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Preposition

между • (méždu)

between (in the position or interval that separates two things)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic междоу (meždu), from Proto-Slavic *meďu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Compare true East Slavic меж (mež).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmʲeʐdʊ]
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Preposition

ме́жду • (méždu)

(with instrumental, rarely with genitive) between, among

Synonyms

меж (mež)

Derived terms

междунаро́дный (meždunaródnyj)

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “между”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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