пра-
/[prə] | [ˈpra]/
Russianprefix
Definitions
- 1.great (when used with ancestors and descendants)
пра- (pra-) + дед (ded, “grandfather”) → пра́дед (práded, “great-grandfather”)
- 2.ur-, proto- (primitive, original)
пра- (pra-) + славя́нский (slavjánskij, “Slavic”) → праславя́нский (praslavjánskij, “Proto-Slavic”)
пра- (pra-) + восточнославя́нский (vostočnoslavjánskij, “East Slavic”) → правосточнославя́нский (pravostočnoslavjánskij, “Old East Slavic”) (relational)
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- прама́терь
- пранарод
- праславя́не
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.
Forms
- pra-romanization