па-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pa"

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pa-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa]
• IPA^(key): [pə]

Prefix

па́- or па- • (pá- or pa-)

1. near-, pseudo-

   ‎па́- (pá-) + ‎дуб (dub, “oak”) → ‎па́дуб (pádub, “holly”)

   ‎па́- (pá-) + ‎труба́ (trubá, “pipe”) → ‎па́трубок (pátrubok, “nozzle”)

2. step-

   ‎па́- (pá-) + ‎дочь (dočʹ, “daughter”) → ‎па́дчерица (pádčerica, “stepdaughter”)

   ‎па́- (pá-) + ‎сын (syn, “son”) → ‎па́сынок (pásynok, “stepson”)

3. A prefix forming nouns from verbal or adjectival stems

   ‎па́- (pá-) + ‎губи́ть (gubítʹ, “to kill, to ruin”) → ‎па́губа (páguba, “ruin, destruction”)

   ‎па- (pa-) + ‎ску́дный (skúdnyj, “wretched”) → ‎паску́да (paskúda, “scoundrel, wretch”)

   ‎па́- (pá-) + ‎смурно́й (smurnój, “gloomy”) → ‎па́смурь (pásmurʹ, “gloom”)

Derived terms

Russian terms prefixed with па-