zanim

Meaning

before (earlier than the time when)

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
za‧nim
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈza.ɲim/
Etymology

Univerbation of za + nim. First attested in 1612. Compare Kashubian zanim and Silesian zanim.

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Pola   musiała   nim   potrząsać zanim  oprzytomniał.

The fields had to shake him before he came to his senses.

" Zanim  gosposie wypoczęły, przybyli  goście musiały   się   więc  gorączkowo  spieszyć żeby   ich   przyjąć ."

“Before the housekeepers rested, guests arrived; so they had to hurry frantically to receive them.”

Zanim  kulawiec zdążył  powstać   z
 upadku, znikła  w
 rozbłyskanej  słońcem  zieleni.

Before the lampoon could rise from its fall, it disappeared into the sun-flashing green.

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