Czech

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Alternative forms

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  • pů- (more frequently for substantives, but also verbs)

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech po-, pó-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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po-

  1. Perfective aspect
    po- + ‎žádat → ‎požádat (to ask)
  2. (as an imperfective verb) (often used with se or si) intensification: added to mean to do X during a certain time period (rather calmly, enjoying it)
    po- + ‎přemítat (reflect on sth) → ‎popřemítat si (reflect for some time)
  3. after-, as in pozdě late, from po
  4. unto-, at-, along-, as in place names
    po- + ‎Balt + ‎ → ‎Pobaltí (the Baltics, Baltic states)
    po- + ‎Dněstr + ‎ → ‎Podněstří (Transnistria, Pridnestrovie)
    po- + ‎hranice + ‎ → ‎pohraničí (borderland, frontier)
    po- + ‎moře + ‎-an + ‎-sko → ‎Pomořansko (Pomerania)
    po- + ‎Rúr + ‎ → ‎Porúří (Ruhr district)
    po- + ‎Rýn + ‎ → ‎Porýní (Rhineland)
    po- + ‎voda + ‎ → ‎povodí (drainage basin)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • po- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Esperanto

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Prefix

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po-

  1. A prefix having a similar distributive meaning as the preposition po.
    vendi pograndesell wholesale
    la ponumera prezothe price per issue
    poiombit by bit

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, zero-grade of *h₂epo (whence ab).

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po-

  1. off, away

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References

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  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Old Polish

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po-.

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    po-

    1. perfectivizing prefix
      po- + ‎karmić → ‎pokarmić

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    Descendants

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    • Polish: po-

    Polish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish po-.

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      • IPA(key): /pɔ/
      • Rhymes:
      • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

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      po-

      1. prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative perfectives
        po- + ‎narzekać → ‎ponarzekać
        po- + ‎nalepiać → ‎ponalepiać
      2. prepended to imperfective verbs to create semelfactive perfectives
        po- + ‎grzebać → ‎pogrzebać
      3. after-
        po- + ‎świat → ‎poświata
      4. unto-, at-, along-, as in place names
        po- + ‎morze + ‎-e → ‎Pomorze
        po- + ‎dół + ‎-e → ‎Podole
        po- + ‎granica + ‎-e → ‎pogranicze
        po- + ‎jezioro + ‎-e → ‎pojezierze

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      Further reading

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      • po- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

      Serbo-Croatian

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po-, from *po, whence also comes the Serbo-Croatian preposition po.

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      po- (Cyrillic spelling по-)

      1. marks the perfective aspect
      2. after, on, a-

      Slovene

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Slavic *po-. Prefixed form of the preposition po.

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      Prefix

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      po-

      1. Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
        1. (no change in meaning)
          po- + ‎jẹ́sti (to eat) → ‎pojẹ́sti (to eat)
        2. for a while
          po- + ‎spáti (to sleep) → ‎pospáti (to sleep for a while)
        3. one after another
          po- + ‎gubīti (to lose) → ‎pogubīti (to lose one after another)

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