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added with a hyphen to certain adjectives to create adverbs, often (but not always) with the meaning "in the manner of behaviour, speech etc. of [the adjective]" typically changes the adjective ending to the dative masculine/neuter singular ending, but the following additional changes also occur: -ский(-skij) to -ски(-ski), -ско́й(-skój) to -ски́(-skí), -ий(-ij) to -ьи(-ʹi)
по-(po-) + ру́сский(rússkij, “Russian”) → по-ру́сски(po-rússki, “in a Russian way, Russian (the language)”)
по-(po-) + мужско́й(mužskój, “male, masculine”) → по-мужски́(po-mužskí, “in a manly way, like a man”)
по-(po-) + ра́зный(ráznyj, “different, various”) → по-ра́зному(po-ráznomu, “in various ways, it depends”)
по-(po-) + дома́шний(domášnij, “domestic, home”) → по-дома́шнему(po-domášnemu, “like at home”)
the past tense of some verbs with a one-syllable root: e.g. по́лил, поли́л(pólil, políl, masculine singular past tense) from поли́ть(polítʹ, “to pour, to water”), по́мер(pómer, masculine singular past tense) from помере́ть(pomerétʹ, “to die(colloquial)”), по́дал, пода́л(pódal, podál, masculine singular past tense) from пода́ть(podátʹ, “to give, to serve (food), to deliver (a vehicle)”);