на попа
Russian edit
Etymology edit
From на (na) and obsolete поп (pop, “figure in the game of Gorodki”) (named after поп (pop, “priest”)), probably used as euphemism for попа (popa, “butt”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
на попа́ • (na popá)
- vertically
- Synonyms: вертикально (vertikalʹno), стоймя (stojmja)
Usage notes edit
Used after verbs like встать (vstatʹ) or ставить (stavitʹ) and their forms like поставить (postavitʹ), встал (vstal), вставать (vstavatʹ)), поставлен (postavlen)) etc., but never together with verb стоять (stojatʹ) and its derived forms (in this case the adverb вертикально (vertikalʹno) is used).