пра-

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.

пра- • (pra-)

1. great-

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎дзед (dzjed, “grandfather”) → ‎прадзед (pradzjed, “great-grandfather”)

2. proto-

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎славянскі (slavjanski, “Slavic”) → ‎праславянскі (praslavjanski, “Proto-Slavic”)

From the Proto-Slavic *pro- prefix, from Proto-Slavic *pro. See also пра (pra).

пра- • (pra-)

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

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎ісці impf (isci) + ‎to go pf (“to go through, to pass by”) → ‎прайсці (prajsci)

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎ступа́ць impf (stupácʹ, “to tread, step”) → ‎праступа́ць pf (prastupácʹ, “to exude, ooze (in a metaphorical sense)”)

2. (used with verbs) describing an action of covering a whole object

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎са́ліць impf (sálicʹ, “to grease, apply oil onto something”) → ‎праса́ліць pf (prasálicʹ, “to cover something with oil completely”)

3. (used with verbs) describing an action of passing by an entity and moving further from an entity

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎пусціць pf (puscicʹ, “to let”) → ‎прапусціць pf (prapuscicʹ, “to let pass through”)

4. (used with verbs) describing an action that entails completeness, exhaustiveness, or accuracy

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎штудзі́раваць impf (študzíravacʹ, “to study (in a form of researching)”) → ‎праштудзі́раваць pf (praštudzíravacʹ, “to study thoroughly”)

5. (used with verbs) describing a momentary action with a short duration

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎вішчаць impf (viščacʹ, “to squeal”) → ‎правішчаць pf (praviščacʹ, “to squeal (momentarily for a short time)”)

6. (used with verbs) describing an action that lasts for a certain period of time

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎чака́ць impf (čakácʹ, “to wait”) → ‎прачака́ць pf (pračakácʹ, “to wait (for a while, for some time)”)

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎працава́ць impf (pracavácʹ, “to work”) → ‎прапрацава́ць pf (prapracavácʹ, “to work (for a while, for some time)”)

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎сядзе́ць impf (sjadzjécʹ, “to sit”) → ‎прасе́дзець pf (prasjédzjecʹ, “to sit (for a while, for some time)”)

7. (used with verbs) describing an action that describes losses, expenses, wasting, or forgetting

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎па́сці impf (pásci, “to fall”) (figuratively) → ‎прапа́сці pf (prapásci, “to get lost”)

8. (used with nouns) describing a state of being that is located between two entities or among more than two entities

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎між (miž, “between”) + ‎-ак (-ak) → ‎праме́жак (pramjéžak, “interval”)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.

пра- • (pra-)

1. great-

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎дядо (djado, “grandfather”) → ‎прадядо (pradjado, “great-grandfather”)

2. proto-

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎славянски (slavjanski, “Slavic”) → ‎праславянски (praslavjanski, “Proto-Slavic”)

• “пра-”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

• рап (rap), рап- (rap-)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.

• IPA^(key): [pra]

пра- • (pra-)

1. great- (of ancestors and descendants)
2. proto-

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.

• IPA^(key): [prə]
• IPA^(key): [ˈpra] (when stressed)

пра- • (pra-)

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)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pra-.

пра- • (pra-)

1. great-

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎дід (did, “grandfather”) → ‎прадід (pradid, “great-grandfather”)

2. proto-

   ‎пра- (pra-) + ‎слов'янський (slovʺjansʹkyj, “Slavic”) → ‎праслов'янський (praslovʺjansʹkyj, “Proto-Slavic”)