перш

Proto-Slavic *pьrvь and *pьrvě, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥Hwós, from *pr̥H- (the root for "before" and "first"). Cognate with Russian прежде (prežde) and Belarusian перш (pjerš).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrʃ]

пе́рш • (pérš)

1. first, before, earlier

The word перш (perš) is a fixed adverb, often used in phrases such as перш за все (perš za vse) (first of all) or перш ніж (perš niž) (before), and is not a general-purpose adverb like перше (perše).

• спершу (speršu)
• спочатку (spočatku)

• пе́рше (pérše)

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