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Meaning of пра- | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. great-
    morpheme
  2. through, past (describing an action of passing through a space or an object)
    morpheme
  3. proto-
    morpheme
  4. describing an action of covering a whole object
    morpheme
  5. describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity
    morpheme
  6. describing an action that entails completeness, exhaustiveness, or accuracy
    morpheme
  7. describing a momentary action with a short duration
    morpheme
  8. describing an action that lasts for a certain period of time
    morpheme
  9. describing an action that describes losses, expenses, wasting, or forgetting
    morpheme
  10. describing a state of being that is located between two entities or among more than two entities
    morpheme

Equivalents

Български пра-
Català bes-
Čeština pra-
Cymraeg gor- hen
Dansk tip-
Deutsch ur-
English great-
Esperanto pra-
Español bis-
Français arriéré
Gaeilge sean-
Magyar déd-
Italiano bis- pro-
Kurdî hên hên hen pro-
Polski pra-
Português ta-
Română stră-
Русский пра-
Slovenčina pra-
Slovenščina pra-
Shqip stër-
Svenska gammel-
Українська пра-

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.
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