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Bulgarian
Etymology
See при (pri).
Prefix
при- • (pri-)
- (used with verbs) denotes direction towards something, arrival
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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From the Proto-Slavic *pri- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *pri.
Prefix
при- • (pri-)
- (used with verbs) approaching, arrival
- при- (pri-) + -ити (-iti, “to go”) → приити (priiti, “to come”)
- (used with verbs) adding to
- при- (pri-) + коупити (kupiti, “to buy”) → прикоупити (prikupiti, “to buy some more”)
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Russian
Etymology
See при (pri).
Pronunciation
Prefix
при- • (pri-)
- (used with verbs) arrival
- при- (pri-) + -йти́ (-jtí, “to go”) → прийти́ (prijtí, “to come”)
- при- (pri-) + лете́ть (letétʹ, “to fly”) → прилете́ть (priletétʹ, “to arrive by plane”)
- (used with verbs) attachment, on
- при- (pri-) + шить (šitʹ, “to sew”) → приши́ть (prišítʹ, “to sew on”)
- при- (pri-) + винти́ть (vintítʹ, “to screw”) → привинти́ть (privintítʹ, “to screw on, to attach by screwing”)
- при- (pri-) + крути́ть (krutítʹ, “to twist, to spin”) → прикрути́ть (prikrutítʹ, “to spin on, to attach by spinning; to screw in”)
- (used with verbs) adding to
- при- (pri-) + писа́ть (pisátʹ, “to write”) → приписа́ть (pripisátʹ, “to add in writing”)
- при- (pri-) + купи́ть (kupítʹ, “to buy”) → прикупи́ть (prikupítʹ, “to buy some more”)
- при- (pri-) + -ба́вить (-bávitʹ) → приба́вить (pribávitʹ, “to add”)
- (used with verbs) slightly, partially
- при- (pri-) + отвори́ть (otvorítʹ, “to open”) → приотвори́ть (priotvorítʹ, “to open slightly”)
- при- (pri-) + спусти́ть (spustítʹ, “to lower”) → приспусти́ть (prispustítʹ, “to lower partially”)
- (place names) by, near, next to
- при- (pri-) + Карпа́ты (Karpáty, “Carpathians”) + -ье (-ʹje) → Прикарпа́тье (Prikarpátʹje, “Prykarpattia, Circumcarpathia”, literally “near the Carpathian Mountains”)
- при- (pri-) + Днестр (Dnestr, “Dniester (river)”) + -о́вый (-óvyj) + -ье (-ʹje) → Приднестро́вье (Pridnestróvʹje, “Transnistria”, literally “next to the Dniester River”)
- при- (pri-) + мо́ре (móre, “sea”) + -ский (-skij) + край (kraj, “krai, territory”) → Примо́рский край (Primórskij kraj, “Primorsky Krai”, literally “seaside territory”)
- при- (pri-) + Днепр (Dnepr, “Dnieper (river)”) + -о́вский (-óvskij) → Приднепро́вский (Pridnepróvskij, literally “near the Dnieper”)
- Приднепро́вская ни́зменность ― Pridnepróvskaja nízmennostʹ ― Dnieper Lowland (literally, “lowland by the Dnieper River”)
- Приднепро́вская желе́зная доро́га ― Pridnepróvskaja želéznaja doróga ― Near-Dnipro Railway
Usage notes
- The stressed variant is found in the following situations:
- the past participle of verbs with a one-syllable root ending in -ать and -нуть: e.g. при́знанный (príznannyj) from призна́ть (priznátʹ), при́гнанный (prígnannyj) from пригна́ть (prignátʹ), при́гнутый (prígnutyj) from пригну́ть (prignútʹ);
- the past tense of some verbs with a one-syllable root: e.g. при́мер (prímer, masculine singular past tense) from примере́ть (primerétʹ, “to die (low colloquial; of many people)”);
- some deverbal and other derived nouns: e.g. при́вязь (prívjazʹ, “leash”) from привяза́ть (privjazátʹ, “to tie (to)”), при́быль (príbylʹ, “profit”) from прибы́ть (pribýtʹ, “to increase”), при́город (prígorod, “suburb”) from го́род (górod, “city”), при́иск (príisk, “mine”) from прииска́ть (priiskátʹ, “to find (colloquial)”), при́сказка (prískazka, “prelude”) from ска́зка (skázka, “tale”), при́хоть (príxotʹ, “whim”) from хоте́ть (xotétʹ, “to want”).
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