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пра-

/[prə] | [ˈpra]/
Russianprefix

Definitions

  1. 1.
    great (when used with ancestors and descendants)
    • пра- (pra-) + дед (ded, “grandfather”) → пра́дед (práded, “great-grandfather”)

  2. 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

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