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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From the Proto-Slavic *pro- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *pro.
Prefix
про- • (pro-)
- (used with verbs) through, past (describing an action of passing through a space or an object)
- про- (pro-) + -ити impf (-iti) + to go pf (“to go through, to pass by”) → проити (proiti)
- (used with verbs) describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity
- про- (pro-) + пустити pf (pustiti, “to let”) → пропустити pf (propustiti, “to let pass through”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action that describes losses, expenses, wasting, or forgetting
- про- (pro-) + пасти impf (pasti, “to fall”) (figuratively) → пропасти pf (propasti, “to get lost”)
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Russian
Etymology
From the Proto-Slavic *pro- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *pro.
Pronunciation
Prefix
про- • (pro-)
- (used with verbs) through, past (describing an action of passing through a space or an object)
- про- (pro-) + -йти́ impf (-jtí) + to go pf (“to go through, to pass by”) → пройти́ (projtí)
- про- (pro-) + ступа́ть impf (stupátʹ, “to tread, step”) → проступа́ть pf (prostupátʹ, “to exude, ooze (in a metaphorical sense)”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action of covering a whole object
- про- (pro-) + са́лить impf (sálitʹ, “to grease, apply oil onto something”) → проса́лить pf (prosálitʹ, “to cover something with oil completely”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity
- про- (pro-) + пусти́ть pf (pustítʹ, “to let”) → пропусти́ть pf (propustítʹ, “to let pass through”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action that entails completeness, exhaustiveness, or accuracy
- про- (pro-) + штуди́ровать impf (študírovatʹ, “to study (in a form of researching)”) → проштуди́ровать pf (proštudírovatʹ, “to study thoroughly”)
- (used with verbs) describing a momentary action with a short duration
- про- (pro-) + визжа́ть impf (vizžátʹ, “to squeal”) → провизжа́ть pf (provizžátʹ, “to squeal (momentarily for a short time)”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action that lasts for a certain period of time
- про- (pro-) + ждать impf (ždatʹ, “to wait”) → прожда́ть pf (proždátʹ, “to wait (for a while, for some time)”)
- про- (pro-) + рабо́тать impf (rabótatʹ, “to work”) → прорабо́тать pf (prorabótatʹ, “to work (for a while, for some time)”)
- про- (pro-) + сиде́ть impf (sidétʹ, “to sit”) → просиде́ть pf (prosidétʹ, “to sit (for a while, for some time)”)
- (used with verbs) describing an action that describes losses, expenses, wasting, or forgetting
- про- (pro-) + срок (srok, “period, term”) + -ить (-itʹ) → просро́чить pf (prosróčitʹ, “to expire (time-wise, as time for doing something is lost)”)
- про- (pro-) + пасть impf (pastʹ, “to fall”) (figuratively) → пропа́сть pf (propástʹ, “to get lost”)
- (used with nouns) describing a state of being that is located between two entities or among more than two entities
- про- (pro-) + меж (mež, “between”) + уте́чь (utéčʹ, “to pass by”) (deverbal) → промежу́ток (promežútok, “interval”)
- (used with adjectives or nouns) describing an initial appearance or insufficiency of characteristics
- про́- (pró-) + зелёный (zeljónyj, “green”) + -ь (-ʹ) → про́зелень (prózelenʹ, “greenness”)
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