# через
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ɕerʲɪs]
* Audio:(file)
* See also Russian phonology.

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic чересъ (čeresŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-. Doublet of чрез (črez), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

#### Preposition

че́рез • (čérez) [with accusative]
* through
* across, over
* (time) in, after
    Я бу́ду петь пе́сню че́рез пять мину́т.Ja búdu petʹ pésnju čérez pjatʹ minút.I will sing a song after five minutes.
    че́рез семь мину́т по́сле отхо́да ― čérez semʹ minút pósle otxóda ― seven minutes after departure
* via
    до Киева через Москву́ ― do Kijeva čerez Moskvú ― to Kiev via Moscow
* with, with the help of
* every other
    В фи́нском ударе́ние па́дает че́рез слог.V fínskom udarénije pádajet čérez slog.In Finnish stress falls [on] every other syllable.
* (dated, poetic) because of

##### Alternative forms

* че́резъ (čérez) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

##### Derived terms

* че́рез день (čérez denʹ, “every other day”)

##### Related terms

* черта́ (čertá)
* чре́сла (črésla)
* коро́ткий (korótkij)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čersъ.

#### Noun

че́рез • (čérez) m inan (genitive че́реза, nominative plural че́резы, genitive plural че́резов)
* (obsolete) leather belt with purse for money, bysack-girdle, money belt
** 1868, Нестор Кукольник, Иоанн III, собиратель земли русской:А дьяка Истому совсем не признать в приказчике, запоясанном по кожану здоровым черезом, чуть не с аршинными кожаными ж варягами на руках, привыкших к калыму письменному.A dʹjaka Istomu sovsem ne priznatʹ v prikazčike, zapojasannom po kožanu zdorovym čerezom, čutʹ ne s aršinnymi kožanymi ž varjagami na rukax, privykšix k kalymu pisʹmennomu.But Dyak Istoma one can hardly recognize in the clerk, girdled before the leather-coat with a great bysack-belt, almost with sprawled leather Vikings on the hands, wont of written grafts.

##### Alternative forms

* че́рес (čéres)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “через”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

## Serbo-Croatian
### Preposition

через (Latin spelling čerez) (+ genitive case)
* (dialectal) because of, for the sake of

#### Alternative forms

* черес
* че̏ре
* череш

#### Related terms

* чрез

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic чересъ (čeresŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čersъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃɛrez]
* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

че́рез • (čérez) (+ accusative case)
* across, over (from one side to the other of)
* through
    Synonym: крізь (krizʹ)
* via
* through, with (means)
* because of, due to
    Synonyms: вна́слідок (vnáslidok), завдяки́ (zavdjaký)
* in, after (time)

#### Usage notes

Physiological or emotional causes are denoted by від (vid): "He died of cancer", Він помер від раку; "I fainted out of fear", Я знепритомнів від страху.

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “через”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “через”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “через”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “через”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “через”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)