на попа
Russian
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdverb
editна попа́ • (na popá)
- vertically
- Synonyms: вертикально (vertikalʹno), стоймя (stojmja)
Usage notes
editUsed 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).