po-

Czech

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech po-, pó-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [po ]

Prefix

po-

Perfective aspect
‎po- + ‎žádat → ‎požádat (“to ask”)
(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”)
after-, as in pozdě late, from po
unto-, at-, along-, as in place names
‎po- + ‎Balt + ‎-í → ‎Pobaltí (“the Baltics, Baltic states”)

‎po- + ‎Dněstr + ‎-í → ‎Podněstří (“Transnistria, Pridnestrovie”)

‎po- + ‎hranice + ‎-í → ‎pohraničí (“borderland, frontier”)

‎po- + ‎moře + ‎-an + ‎-sko → ‎Pomořansko (“Pomerania”)

‎po- + ‎Rúr + ‎-í → ‎Porúří (“Ruhr district”)

‎po- + ‎Rýn + ‎-í → ‎Porýní (“Rhineland”)

‎po- + ‎voda + ‎-í → ‎povodí (“drainage basin”)

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with po-

Further reading

po- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Esperanto

Prefix

po-

A prefix having a similar distributive meaning as the preposition po.
vendi pogrande ― sell wholesale

la ponumera prezo ― the price per issue

poiom ― bit by bit

Antonyms

-ope

Derived terms

Related terms

po

Latin

Etymology

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

Prefix

po-

off, away

Derived terms

References

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

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *po-

Old Polish po-

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /pɔ/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /pɔ/

Prefix

po-

perfectivizing prefix
‎po- + ‎karmić → ‎pokarmić

Derived terms

Descendants

Polish: po-

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *po-

Old Polish po-

Polish po-

Inherited from Old Polish po-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ/
Rhymes: -ɔ
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Prefix

po-

prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative perfectives
‎po- + ‎narzekać → ‎ponarzekać

‎po- + ‎nalepiać → ‎ponalepiać
prepended to imperfective verbs to create semelfactive perfectives
‎po- + ‎grzebać → ‎pogrzebać
after-
‎po- + ‎świat → ‎poświata
unto-, at-, along-, as in place names
‎po- + ‎morze + ‎-e → ‎Pomorze

‎po- + ‎dół + ‎-e → ‎Podole

‎po- + ‎granica + ‎-e → ‎pogranicze

‎po- + ‎jezioro + ‎-e → ‎pojezierze

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with po-

pobłogosławić

Further reading

po- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Prefix

po- (Cyrillic spelling по-)

marks the perfective aspect
after, on, a-

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔ-/

Prefix

po-

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”)

Derived terms

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