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Russian
Etymology
From на (na) and obsolete поп (pop, “figure in the game of Gorodki”) (named after поп (pop, “priest”)), probably used as euphemism for попа (popa, “butt”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
на попа́ • (na popá)
- vertically
- Synonyms: вертикально (vertikalʹno), стоймя (stojmja)
Usage notes
Used after verbs like встать (vstatʹ) or ставить (stavitʹ) and their forms like поставить (postavitʹ), встал (vstal), вставать (vstavatʹ)), поставлен (postavlen)) etc., but never together with verb стоять (stojatʹ) and its derived forms (in this case the adverb вертикально (vertikalʹno) is used).