про-

Definitions

1. 1.
   through, past (describing an action of passing through a space or an object)

   • про- (pro-) + -йти́ impf (-jtí, “to go”) → пройти́ pf (projtí, “to go through, to pass by”)

   • про- (pro-) + ступа́ть impf (stupátʹ, “to tread, step”) → проступа́ть pf (prostupátʹ, “to exude, ooze (in a metaphorical sense)”)

2. 2.
   describing an action of covering a whole object

   • про- (pro-) + са́лить impf (sálitʹ, “to grease, apply oil onto something”) → проса́лить pf (prosálitʹ, “to cover something with oil completely”)

3. 3.
   describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity

   • про- (pro-) + пусти́ть pf (pustítʹ, “to let”) → пропусти́ть pf (propustítʹ, “to let pass through”)

4. 4.
   describing an action that entails completeness, exhaustiveness, or accuracy

   • про- (pro-) + штуди́ровать impf (študírovatʹ, “to study (in a form of researching)”) → проштуди́ровать pf (proštudírovatʹ, “to study thoroughly”)

5. 5.
   describing a momentary action with a short duration

   • про- (pro-) + визжа́ть impf (vizžátʹ, “to squeal”) → провизжа́ть pf (provizžátʹ, “to squeal (momentarily for a short time)”)

6. 6.
   describing an action that lasts for a certain period of time

   • про- (pro-) + ждать impf (ždatʹ, “to wait”) → прожда́ть pf (proždátʹ, “to wait (for a while, for some time)”)

   • про- (pro-) + рабо́тать impf (rabótatʹ, “to work”) → прорабо́тать pf (prorabótatʹ, “to work (for a while, for some time)”)

   • про- (pro-) + сиде́ть impf (sidétʹ, “to sit”) → просиде́ть pf (prosidétʹ, “to sit (for a while, for some time)”)

7. 7.
   describing an action that describes losses, expenses, wasting, or forgetting

   • про- (pro-) + срок (srok, “period, term”) + -ить (-itʹ) → просро́чить pf (prosróčitʹ, “to expire (time-wise, as time for doing something is lost)”)

   • про- (pro-) + пасть impf (pastʹ, “to fall”) (figuratively) → пропа́сть pf (propástʹ, “to get lost”)

8. 8.
   describing a state of being that is located between two entities or among more than two entities

   • про- (pro-) + меж (mež, “between”) + уте́чь (utéčʹ, “to pass by”) (deverbal) → промежу́ток (promežútok, “interval”)

9. 9.
   describing an initial appearance or insufficiency of characteristics

   • про́- (pró-) + зелёный (zeljónyj, “green”) + -ь (-ʹ) → про́зелень (prózelenʹ, “greenness”)

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