Meaning of пра- | Babel Free
Definitions
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great- morpheme
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through, past (describing an action of passing through a space or an object) morpheme
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proto- morpheme
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describing an action of covering a whole object morpheme
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describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity morpheme
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describing an action that entails completeness, exhaustiveness, or accuracy morpheme
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describing a momentary action with a short duration morpheme
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describing an action that lasts for a certain period of time morpheme
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describing an action that describes losses, expenses, wasting, or forgetting morpheme
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describing a state of being that is located between two entities or among more than two entities morpheme
Equivalents
Examples
“пра- (pra-) + дзед (dzjed, “grandfather”) → прадзед (pradzjed, “great-grandfather”)”
“пра- (pra-) + славянскі (slavjanski, “Slavic”) → праславянскі (praslavjanski, “Proto-Slavic”)”
“пра- (pra-) + ісці impf (isci) + to go pf (“to go through, to pass by”) → прайсці (prajsci)”
“пра- (pra-) + ступа́ць impf (stupácʹ, “to tread, step”) → праступа́ць pf (prastupácʹ, “to exude, ooze (in a metaphorical sense)”)”
“пра- (pra-) + са́ліць impf (sálicʹ, “to grease, apply oil onto something”) → праса́ліць pf (prasálicʹ, “to cover something with oil completely”)”
“пра- (pra-) + пусціць pf (puscicʹ, “to let”) → прапусціць pf (prapuscicʹ, “to let pass through”)”
“пра- (pra-) + штудзі́раваць impf (študzíravacʹ, “to study (in a form of researching)”) → праштудзі́раваць pf (praštudzíravacʹ, “to study thoroughly”)”
“пра- (pra-) + вішчаць impf (viščacʹ, “to squeal”) → правішчаць pf (praviščacʹ, “to squeal (momentarily for a short time)”)”
“пра- (pra-) + чака́ць impf (čakácʹ, “to wait”) → прачака́ць pf (pračakácʹ, “to wait (for a while, for some time)”)”
“пра- (pra-) + працава́ць impf (pracavácʹ, “to work”) → прапрацава́ць pf (prapracavácʹ, “to work (for a while, for some time)”)”
“пра- (pra-) + сядзе́ць impf (sjadzjécʹ, “to sit”) → прасе́дзець pf (prasjédzjecʹ, “to sit (for a while, for some time)”)”
“пра- (pra-) + па́сці impf (pásci, “to fall”) (figuratively) → прапа́сці pf (prapásci, “to get lost”)”
“пра- (pra-) + між (miž, “between”) + -ак (-ak) → праме́жак (pramjéžak, “interval”)”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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