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Belarusian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *prey. See пры (pry). Compare Polish przy-, Russian при- (pri-), Ukrainian при- (pry-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
пры- • (pry-)
- (used with verbs) arrival
- пры- (pry-) + ісці́ (iscí, “to go”) → прыйсці́ (pryjscí, “to come”)
- пры- (pry-) + ляце́ць (ljacjécʹ, “to fly”) → прыляце́ць (pryljacjécʹ, “to arrive by plane”)
- (used with verbs) attachment, on
- пры- (pry-) + шыць (šycʹ, “to sew”) → прышы́ць (pryšýcʹ, “to sew on”)
- пры- (pry-) + круці́ць (krucícʹ, “to twist, to spin”) → прыкруці́ць (prykrucícʹ, “to spin on, to attach by spinning; to screw in”)
- (used with verbs) adding to
- пры- (pry-) + піса́ць (pisácʹ, “to write”) → прыпіса́ць (prypisácʹ, “to add in writing”)
- пры- (pry-) + купі́ць (kupícʹ, “to buy”) → прыкупі́ць (prykupícʹ, “to buy some more”)
- пры- (pry-) + ба́віць (bávicʹ, “to amuse, to entertain”) → прыба́віць (prybávicʹ, “to add”)
- (used with verbs) slightly, partially
- пры- (pry-) + адчыні́ць (adčynícʹ, “to open”) → прыадчыні́ць (pryadčynícʹ, “to open slightly”)
- пры- (pry-) + спусці́ць (spuscícʹ, “to lower”) → прыспусці́ць (pryspuscícʹ, “to lower partially”)
- (place names) by, near, next to
- пры- (pry-) + Дне́стр (Dnjéstr, “Dniester (river)”) + -о́вы (-óvy) + -е (-je) → Прыднястро́ўе (Prydnjastróŭje, “Transnistria”, literally “next to the Dniester River”)
- пры- (pry-) + мо́ра (móra, “sea”) + -скі (-ski) + край (kraj, “krai, territory”) → Прымо́рскі край (Prymórski kraj, “Primorsky Krai”, literally “seaside territory”)
- пры- (pry-) + Дняпро́ (Dnjapró, “Dnieper (river)”) + -о́ўскі (-óŭski) → Прыдняпро́ўскі (Prydnjapróŭski, literally “near the Dnieper”)
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