цераз

• cieraz — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Possibly an alteration of older *чэ́раз (*čéraz), from Old East Slavic чересъ (čeresŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Compare Russian че́рез (čérez).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sʲeras]

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це́раз • (cjéraz) (+ accusative case)

1. through

   Synonyms: скрозь (skrozʹ), праз (praz)

   прайсці́ це́раз лес ― prajscí cjéraz ljes ― to pass through the forest

2. across, over

   Synonym: праз (praz)

3. beyond

   працава́ць це́раз сі́лу ― pracavácʹ cjéraz sílu ― to work beyond one's strength

4. because of, due to

   це́раз яго́ мно́гія пацярпе́лі ― cjéraz jahó mnóhija pacjarpjéli ― because of him many suffered

5. (with time) after, upon, in, on

   дождж ішо́ў на́ват це́раз по́ўдзень

   doždž išóŭ návat cjéraz póŭdzjenʹ

   it was raining even in the afternoon

6. every other

   Дзяжу́рыў цераз дзень.

   Dzjažúryŭ cjeraz dzjenʹ.

   He was on duty every other day.

• “цераз” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “цераз”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)