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Russian
Alternative forms
- во- (vo-) — before certain consonant clusters
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic въ- (vŭ-), from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n)-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én. The /n/ persists in внять (vnjatʹ). See also в (v), Old East Slavic въ (vŭ), Proto-Slavic *vъ(n). Compare the similar development in с- (s-) from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n)-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before vowels and voiced consonants)
- IPA(key): (before voiceless consonants)
Prefix
в- • (v-)
- added to verbs, forms verbs with the approximate meaning 'in' or 'into'
- во- (vo-) + -йти́ (-jtí, “to go”) → войти́ (vojtí, “to go in, to enter”)
- added with -ся (-sja) to verbs, forms verbs with the approximate meaning of thoroughness or completeness of action
- в- (v-) + чита́ть (čitátʹ, “to read”) + -ся (-sja) → вчита́ться (včitátʹsja, “to read carefully, delving into the content to better understand”)
- added to adjectives, forms adverbs with the approximate meaning 'in the manner of [the adjective]'
- в- (v-) + ручно́й (ručnój, “(relational) hand; manual”) → вручну́ю (vručnúju, “manually (by hand)”)
- added to nouns, forms adverbs with the approximate meaning 'in the direction or location of [the noun]'
- в- (v-) + нутро́ (nutró, “the inside”) → внутри́ (vnutrí, “inside”)
- в- (v-) + низ (niz, “the bottom”) → вниз (vniz, “downwards”)
- added to numerals, forms adverbs based on the numeral
- в- (v-) + дво́е (dvóje, “two (in a group together)”) → вдво́е (vdvóje, “twice, by half”)
- в- (v-) + дво́е (dvóje, “two (in a group together)”) → вдвоём (vdvojóm, “as a two”)
Derived terms
Related terms
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Ruthenian в-, въ- (v-, v-), from Old East Slavic въ- (vŭ-), from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n)-.
Alternative forms
- вві- (vvi-)
- уві- (uvi-)
- у- (u-) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause)
Prefix
в- • (v-)
- (added to verbs) into, in (indicates inward movement)
- в- (v-) + бі́гти impf (bíhty, “to run”) → вбі́гти pf (vbíhty, “to run in, to run into”)
- в- (v-) + нести́ impf (nestý, “to carry, to bring”) → внести́ pf (vnestý, “to carry in, to bring in, to contribute”)
- в- (v-) + ключ impf (ključ, “key”) + -ити (-yty) → включи́ти pf (vključýty, “to include, to turn on”)
- (added to verbs in combination with -ся (-sja)) indicates thoroughness, profoundness
- в- (v-) + чита́ти (čytáty, “to read”) + -ся (-sja) → вчита́тися pf (včytátysja, “to read carefully, study carefully”)
- в- (v-) + ду́мати (dúmaty, “to think”) + -ся (-sja) → вду́матися pf (vdúmatysja, “to consider, to think over, to ponder over”)
- (used to form adverbs) -wise
- в- (v-) + шир (šyr, “width, breadth”) → вшир (všyr, “widthwise, breadthwise”)
- в- (v-) + довж (dovž, “length”) → вдовж (vdovž, “lengthwise”)
- (used to form adverbs) -ward, -wards
- в- (v-) + пере́д (peréd, “front”) → впере́д (vperéd, “forward, forwards”)
- в- (v-) + лі́во (lívo, “left”) → влі́во (vlívo, “left, leftward”)
- в- (v-) + середи́на (seredýna, “middle, center”) → всере́дині (vserédyni, “inside, inward”)
- в- (v-) + гора́ (horá, “mountain”) → вго́ру (vhóru, “up, upward, upwards”)
- (used to form adverbs) time
- в- (v-) + пе́рший (péršyj, “first”) + -е (-e) → впе́рше (vpérše, “first time, for the first time”)
- в- (v-) + чотирна́дцятий (čotyrnádcjatyj, “fourteenth”) + -е (-e) → вчотирна́дцяте (včotyrnádcjate, “for the fourteenth time”)
- в- (v-) + со́тий (sótyj, “hundredth”) + -е (-e) → всо́те (vsóte, “for the hundredth time”)
- (used to form adverbs) -fold, by
- в- (v-) + дві́чі (dvíči, “twice”) → вдві́чі (vdvíči, “twofold, by two”)
- в- (v-) + дво́є (dvóje, “two of, two”) → вдво́є (vdvóje, “twofold, by two, in two”)
- в- (v-) + десятеро (desjatero, “ten of, ten”) → вде́сятеро (vdésjatero, “tenfold, by ten”)
- в- (v-) + полови́на (polovýna, “half”) → вполови́ну (vpolovýnu, “by half”)
- (used to form adverbs) by, -ly (describes manner in which something is done)
- в- (v-) + плав (plav, “swimming, sailing”) → вплав (vplav, “by swimming, by sailing”)
- в- (v-) + роздроби́ти (rozdrobýty, “to fragment, to split up”) → вро́здріб (vrózdrib, “one by one, separately, by retail”)
- в- (v-) + лад (lad, “order, accord, harmony”) → влад (vlad, “appropriately, harmoniously, to rhythmically, in accord”)
- в- (v-) + ручни́й (ručnýj, “manual, hand”) → вручну́ (vručnú, “by hand, manually”)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Ruthenian у-, в- (u-, v-), from Old East Slavic оу-, въ- (u-, vŭ-), from Proto-Slavic *u-.
Alternative forms
Prefix
в- • (v-)
- Alternative form of у- (u-) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause)
Derived terms