поперёк

Etymology

From по- (po-) +‎ *перёк (*perjók, “crosswise”). Underlying root found in Old East Slavic перекъ (perekŭ, “width, crossbeam”) as well as Belarusian пе́рек (pjérjek, “across”); Ukrainian пере́ка (peréka, “contradiction”); Bulgarian пря́ко (prjáko, “straight, across”); Serbo-Croatian при̏jек (“steep”); при̏jекӣ (“straight, nearest”); при̏jеко (“through”); Slovene рrе̑k (“across (adverb)”) (tonal orthography), also рrе̑ko (tonal orthography); prèk (“across (preposition)”) (tonal orthography); Czech příka (“steepness”); příč (“width”); Slovak priek (“resistance”); Polish przeko (“across”); Upper Sorbian prěki (“across”); Lower Sorbian pŕeki (“across”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəpʲɪˈrʲɵk]

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Preposition

поперёк • (poperjók)

1. across, athwart

Adverb

поперёк • (poperjók)

1. across, crosswise