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Czech

Pronunciation

Prefix

po-

  1. Perfective aspect
    ‎po- + ‎žádat → ‎požádat (“to ask”)
  2. (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”)
  3. after-, as in pozdě late, from po
  4. 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-

  1. 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

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Derived terms

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Latin

Etymology

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

Prefix

po-

  1. 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po.

Prefix

po-

  1. perfectivizing prefix
    ‎po- + ‎karmić → ‎pokarmić

Derived terms

Old Polish terms prefixed with po-

Descendants

  • Polish: po-

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic *po.

Pronunciation

Prefix

po-

  1. prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative perfectives
    ‎po- + ‎narzekać → ‎ponarzekać
    ‎po- + ‎nalepiać → ‎ponalepiać
  2. prepended to imperfective verbs to create semelfactive perfectives
    ‎po- + ‎grzebać → ‎pogrzebać
  3. after-
    ‎po- + ‎świat → ‎poświata
  4. unto-, at-, along-, as in place names
    ‎po- + ‎morze → ‎Pomorze
    ‎po- + ‎dół → ‎Podole
    ‎po- + ‎granica → ‎pogranicze
    ‎po- + ‎jezioro → ‎pojezierze

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with po-

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-)

  1. marks the perfective aspect
  2. after, on, a-

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Prefix

po-

  1. 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

Slovene terms prefixed with po-
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