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Belarusian
Etymology
From проці (próci, “against”). Compare Russian противо- (protivo-), Ukrainian проти- (proty-), Polish przeciw-, Czech proti-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
проці- • (próci-)
- anti- (designed to fight against something)
- проці- (próci-) + маляры́йны (maljarýjny, “malarial; (relational) malaria”) → процімаляры́йны (procimaljarýjny, “anti-malarial”)
- проці- (próci-) + та́нкавы (tánkavy, “(relational) tank”) → проціта́нкавы (procitánkavy, “antitank”)
- anti- (hostile to someone or something)
- проці- (próci-) + наро́дны (naródny, “national; (relational) people”) → процінаро́дны (procinaródny, “antinational, antipopular”)
- проці- (próci-) + ура́давы (urádavy, “government”) → проціўра́давы (prociŭrádavy, “anti-government”)
- anti- (opposed to, goes against the principles of someone or something)
- проці- (próci-) + зако́нны (zakónny, “law (relational)”) → процізако́нны (procizakónny, “anti-law; illegal”)
- counter-
- проці- (próci-) + ціск (cisk, “pressure”) → проціці́ск (procicísk, “counter-pressure”)
Usage notes
- In compound words, the prefix is not stressed, but the pronunciation of is retained.
- Words such as праціўнік (praciŭnik, “opponent, enemy”) are not considered as prefixed by this; they are almost always inherited from Proto-Slavic.
- проціў- (próciŭ-) on the other hand is constructed using проці- (próci-) before a word that starts with у- (u-), like проціўра́давы (prociŭrádavy) above.
- There are yet some words that begin with проціва- (próciva-), such as процівага́з (procivaház); they are likely simply borrowings from Russian (compare противо- (protivo-), противога́з (protivogáz)), possibly with blending or contamination from проці- (próci-), as *проціва- (*próciva-) is not a productive suffix in Belarusian.
Synonyms
- анты- (anty-) (used especially with borrowed words)
Derived terms
References
- “проці...”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)