пра-
See also: пря and Appendix:Variations of "pra"
Belarusian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
Prefix edit
пра- • (pra-)
- great-
- proto-
- пра- (pra-) + славянскі (slavjanski, “Slavic”) → праславянскі (praslavjanski, “Proto-Slavic”)
Etymology 2 edit
From the Proto-Slavic *pro- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *pro. See also пра (pra).
Prefix edit
пра- • (pra-)
- (used with verbs) through, past (describing an action of passing through a space or an object)
- пра- (pra-) + ісці impf (isci) + to go pf (“to go through, to pass by”) → прайсці (prajsci)
- пра- (pra-) + ступа́ць impf (stupácʹ, “to tread, step”) → праступа́ць pf (prastupácʹ, “to exude, ooze (in a metaphorical sense)”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action of covering a whole object
- пра- (pra-) + са́ліць impf (sálicʹ, “to grease, apply oil onto something”) → праса́ліць pf (prasálicʹ, “to cover something with oil completely”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity
- пра- (pra-) + пусціць pf (puscicʹ, “to let”) → прапусціць pf (prapuscicʹ, “to let pass through”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action that entails completeness, exhaustiveness, or accuracy
- пра- (pra-) + штудзі́раваць impf (študzíravacʹ, “to study (in a form of researching)”) → праштудзі́раваць pf (praštudzíravacʹ, “to study thoroughly”)
- (used with verbs) describing a momentary action with a short duration
- пра- (pra-) + вішчаць impf (viščacʹ, “to squeal”) → правішчаць pf (praviščacʹ, “to squeal (momentarily for a short time)”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action that lasts for a certain period of time
- пра- (pra-) + чака́ць impf (čakácʹ, “to wait”) → прачака́ць pf (pračakácʹ, “to wait (for a while, for some time)”)
- пра- (pra-) + працава́ць impf (pracavácʹ, “to work”) → прапрацава́ць pf (prapracavácʹ, “to work (for a while, for some time)”)
- пра- (pra-) + сядзе́ць impf (sjadzjécʹ, “to sit”) → прасе́дзець pf (prasjédzjecʹ, “to sit (for a while, for some time)”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action that describes losses, expenses, wasting, or forgetting
- (used with nouns) describing a state of being that is located between two entities or among more than two entities
Derived terms edit
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
Prefix edit
пра- • (pra-)
- great-
- proto-
- пра- (pra-) + славянски (slavjanski, “Slavic”) → праславянски (praslavjanski, “Proto-Slavic”)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “пра-”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Anagrams edit
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
пра- • (pra-)
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
пра- • (pra-)
- great (when used with ancestors and descendants)
- ur-, proto- (primitive, original)
- пра- (pra-) + славя́нский (slavjánskij, “Slavic”) → праславя́нский (praslavjánskij, “Proto-Slavic”)
- пра- (pra-) + восточнославя́нский (vostočnoslavjánskij, “East Slavic”) → правосточнославя́нский (pravostočnoslavjánskij, “Old East Slavic”) (relational)
Derived terms edit
- прама́терь (pramáterʹ)
- пранарод (pranarod)
- праславя́не (praslavjáne)
Ukrainian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
Prefix edit
пра- • (pra-)
- great-
- proto-
- пра- (pra-) + слов'янський (slovʺjansʹkyj, “Slavic”) → праслов'янський (praslovʺjansʹkyj, “Proto-Slavic”)