po-

• pů- (more frequently for substantives, but also verbs)

Inherited from Old Czech po-, pó-.

• IPA^(key): [po ]

po-

1. Perfective aspect

   ‎po- + ‎žádat → ‎požádat (“to ask”)

2. (as an imperfective verb) (often used with se or si) intensification: added to mean to do X during a certain time period (rather calmly, enjoying it)

   ‎po- + ‎přemítat (“reflect on sth”) → ‎popřemítat si (“reflect for some time”)

3. after-, as in pozdě late, from po
4. unto-, at-, along-, as in place names

   ‎po- + ‎Balt + ‎-í → ‎Pobaltí (“the Baltics, Baltic states”)

   ‎po- + ‎Dněstr + ‎-í → ‎Podněstří (“Transnistria, Pridnestrovie”)

   ‎po- + ‎hranice + ‎-í → ‎pohraničí (“borderland, frontier”)

   ‎po- + ‎moře + ‎-an + ‎-sko → ‎Pomořansko (“Pomerania”)

   ‎po- + ‎Rúr + ‎-í → ‎Porúří (“Ruhr district”)

   ‎po- + ‎Rýn + ‎-í → ‎Porýní (“Rhineland”)

   ‎po- + ‎voda + ‎-í → ‎povodí (“drainage basin”)

• po- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

po-

1. A prefix having a similar distributive meaning as the preposition po.

   vendi pogrande ― sell wholesale

   la ponumera prezo ― the price per issue

   poiom ― bit by bit

• -ope

• poa
• pogrande
• popece

• po

From Proto-Italic *po, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, zero-grade of *h₂epo (whence ab).

po-

1. off, away

• pōno
• pōrceō

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po-.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /pɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /pɔ/

po-

1. perfectivizing prefix

   ‎po- + ‎karmić → ‎pokarmić

• Polish: po-

Inherited from Old Polish po-.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
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po-

1. prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative perfectives

   ‎po- + ‎narzekać → ‎ponarzekać

   ‎po- + ‎nalepiać → ‎ponalepiać

2. prepended to imperfective verbs to create semelfactive perfectives

   ‎po- + ‎grzebać → ‎pogrzebać

3. after-

   ‎po- + ‎świat → ‎poświata

4. unto-, at-, along-, as in place names

   ‎po- + ‎morze + ‎-e → ‎Pomorze

   ‎po- + ‎dół + ‎-e → ‎Podole

   ‎po- + ‎granica + ‎-e → ‎pogranicze

   ‎po- + ‎jezioro + ‎-e → ‎pojezierze

• po- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po-, from *po, whence also comes the Serbo-Croatian preposition po.

po- (Cyrillic spelling по-)

1. marks the perfective aspect
2. after, on, a-

From Proto-Slavic *po-. Prefixed form of the preposition po.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ-/

po-

1. Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
   1. (no change in meaning)

      ‎po- + ‎jẹ́sti (“to eat”) → ‎pojẹ́sti (“to eat”)

   2. for a while

      ‎po- + ‎spáti (“to sleep”) → ‎pospáti (“to sleep for a while”)

   3. one after another

      ‎po- + ‎gubīti (“to lose”) → ‎pogubīti (“to lose one after another”)