поперед

From по- (po-) + перед (pered), ultimately from Old East Slavic передъ (peredŭ), from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

• попе́ред: IPA^(key): [pɔˈpɛred]

попе́ред • (popéred)

1. before, ahead of (expressing precedence in time or sequence) (+ genitive)

   попе́ред нього йти ― popéred nʹoho jty ― to go ahead of him

• Less common than перед (pered), with a slightly more temporal or sequential nuance.
• Appears primarily in formal, poetic, or literary contexts, and often in fixed expressions.
• Frequently used in compound constructions or as part of derived words.

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “поперед”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “поперед”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “поперед”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)