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Russian
Etymology
From не- (ne-) + до- (do-).
Pronunciation
- недо-: IPA(key):
- недо́-: IPA(key): (when stressed in past passive participles and past tense forms)
- не́до-: IPA(key): (when stressed in nouns)
Prefix
недо- • (nedo-)
- (used with verbs) under-, insufficiently
- недо- (nedo-) + дать (datʹ, “to give”) → недода́ть (nedodátʹ, “to give less than required”)
- недо- (nedo-) + плати́ть (platítʹ, “to pay”) → недоплати́ть (nedoplatítʹ, “to underpay”)
- недо- (nedo-) + стать (statʹ, “to happen, to become”) → недоста́ть (nedostátʹ, “to be insufficient”)
- недо- (nedo-) + ед- (jed-, “to eat”) + -а́ть (-átʹ) → недоеда́ть (nedojedátʹ, “to be undernourished”)
- (used with verbs) to fail to do
- недо- (nedo-) + де́лать (délatʹ, “to do”) → недоде́лать (nedodélatʹ, “to fail to do, to fail to finish”)
- недо- (nedo-) + смотре́ть (smotrétʹ, “to look at; to look after, to watch”) → недосмотре́ть (nedosmotrétʹ, “to overlook; to fail to look after”)
- недо- (nedo-) + мог- (mog-, “to be able”) + -а́ть (-átʹ) → недомога́ть (nedomogátʹ, “to be unwell, to be indisposed”)
- (used with nouns) shoddy, wannabe
- недо- (nedo-) + а́рмия- (ármija-, “army”) → недоа́рмия (nedoármija, “sad excuse for an army”)
Usage notes
Derived terms
Ukrainian
Etymology
Originally probably не- (ne-) + до- (do-).
Prefix
недо- • (nedo-)
- under-
Derived terms