по-

/[pə] | [ˈpo]/
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Definitions

  1. 1.perfective aspect
  2. 2.imperfective aspect
  3. 3.for a while, a little (see delimitative aspect)
  4. 4.added with a hyphen to certain adjectives to create adverbs, often (but not always) with the meaning "in the manner of behaviour, speech etc. of [the adjective]" typically changes the adjective ending to the dative masculine/neuter singular ending, but the following additional changes also occur: -ский (-skij) to -ски (-ski), -ско́й (-skój) to -ски́ (-skí), -ий (-ij) to -ьи (-ʹi)
  5. 5.place names

Forms

  • по-canonical
  • по́-canonical
  • po-romanization
  • pó-romanization

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