прочь
Grammatical form
прочь is the second-person singular imperative imperfective form of про́чить — “to intend (for)”.
Definitions
- 1.away, aside
- 2.be off, get out
- 3.begone, away with you
- 4.beat it, scat
- 5.hence
Synonyms & related words
Related words (5)
- на́прочь
- прок
- про́чий
- про́чить
- про́чный
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic прочь (pročĭ, “away”), from Proto-Slavic *pročь. Cognate with Old East Slavic проче (proče, “except”), Ukrainian пріч (prič, “away”), проча́нин (pročányn, “pilgrim”), Belarusian проч (proč, “away”), Old Church Slavonic прочь (pročĭ, “rest, remaining”), проче (proče, “therefore”), Bulgarian про́чее (próčee, “therefore”), Slovene pròč (“away”) (tonal orthography), Polish oprócz (“except”); also, less clearly, with Czech pryč (“away, out”), Slovak preč (“away”), Polish precz (“away”), Upper Sorbian preč (“away”), Lower Sorbian pšec (“away”) (also pšejc). Per Vasmer, apparently an original comparative of Proto-Slavic *prokъ (whence Russian прок (prok)), originally an adjective meaning "ahead". See Russian про́чий (próčij) and прок (prok) for more information.
Forms
- pročʹromanization