# po-
## Czech
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech po-, pó-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [po ]

### Prefix

po-
* Perfective aspect
    ‎po- + ‎žádat → ‎požádat (“to ask”)
* (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”)
* after-, as in pozdě late, from po
* 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”)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* po- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Esperanto
### Prefix

po-
* 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

#### Antonyms

* -ope

#### Derived terms

* poa
* pogrande
* popece

#### Related terms

* po

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

po-
* off, away

#### Derived terms

* pōno
* pōrceō

### References

* 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

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /pɔ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /pɔ/

### Prefix

po-
* perfectivizing prefix
    ‎po- + ‎karmić → ‎pokarmić

#### Descendants

* Polish: po-

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish po-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Prefix

po-
* prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative perfectives
    ‎po- + ‎narzekać → ‎ponarzekać
    ‎po- + ‎nalepiać → ‎ponalepiać
* prepended to imperfective verbs to create semelfactive perfectives
    ‎po- + ‎grzebać → ‎pogrzebać
* after-
    ‎po- + ‎świat → ‎poświata
* unto-, at-, along-, as in place names
    ‎po- + ‎morze + ‎-e → ‎Pomorze
    ‎po- + ‎dół + ‎-e → ‎Podole
    ‎po- + ‎granica + ‎-e → ‎pogranicze
    ‎po- + ‎jezioro + ‎-e → ‎pojezierze

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* po- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

po- (Cyrillic spelling по-)
* marks the perfective aspect
* after, on, a-

## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ-/

### Prefix

po-
* Forms perfective verbs with the following meanings:
** (no change in meaning)
    ‎po- + ‎jẹ́sti (“to eat”) → ‎pojẹ́sti (“to eat”)
** for a while
    ‎po- + ‎spáti (“to sleep”) → ‎pospáti (“to sleep for a while”)
** one after another
    ‎po- + ‎gubīti (“to lose”) → ‎pogubīti (“to lose one after another”)