па

See also: пя and Appendix:Variations of "pa"

Abaza

Noun

па • (pa)

1. son

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• по (po) — stressed
• pa — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *po. Compare Polish po, Russian and Ukrainian по (po), more distantly Lithuanian pa-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa]

• Audio:

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Preposition

па • (pa)

1. (with the locative case) along, on (movement or location)

   па вуліцы: along the street

   ехаць па абочыне: drive on the roadside

   бегчы па сцежцы: run on a trail

2. (with the locative case) over, in, on (place or space where something takes place)

   ісці па полі: go in the field

   рэчка цячэ па даліне: the river flows over the valley

   Падарожжа па Беларусі: Journey over Belarus

3. (with the locative case) along (direction)

   Ісці па слядах: Follow the footprints

   Уверх па ручаіне: Up along the brook

   Накіроўвацца па маршруце: Follow the route

4. (with the accusative case) + бок, старана, край, рука) on (a place where something takes place or something situated; place is determined by pointing at a direction)

   Дзеці гулялі па той бок дарогі: The kids were playing across the street.

   Хаты стаялі па абодва бакі вуліцы: The huts were located on both sides of the street.

   Па парвую руку быў лес: There was a forest to the right.

5. (with the accusative case) to used to name something that is a spatial border

   Улезці ў ваду па пояс: To come into the water half height.

   Снег па калені: Snow up to one's knees.

   Калёсы вязнуць у пяску аж па ступіцу: The wheels fall down in the sand as deep as the axis.

6. (with the dative case) according to

Derived terms

• па- (pa-)

Noun

па • (pa) n inan (indeclinable)

1. pas, step

References

• “па”, in Беларуска-рускі слоўнік. У 3 т. (Больш за 110.000 слоў)‎^[1], 4-е выд., перапрац. і дап edition, Мінск: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя, 2012, →ISBN

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa]
• IPA^(key): (emphatic) [pʰa]

Conjunction

па • (pa)

1. so (consequence)
2. and then (subsequently)

Interjection

па • (pa)

1. well (filler)
2. well (reluctance)

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *pake, compare Manchu ᡶᠠᡥᡡᠨ (fahūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/
• Hyphenation: па

Noun

па̄ (pā)

1. liver
2. playing card
3. (archaic) traditional type of flatbread made by shamans

References

• S. N. Onenko (1980) “па”, in V. A. Avrorina, editor, Нанайско-русский словарь [Nanai-Russian dictionary], Русский язык

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa]

• Audio:

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Noun

па • (pa) n inan (indeclinable)

1. pas, step

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Common South Slavic; compare Slovene pa, Bulgarian па (pa). See also па-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa/

Conjunction

па (Latin spelling pa)

1. (and) then (= о̏нда̄)

   прво ћу скочити ја, па ти ― I'll jump first, (and) then you

   учење па одмор па забава ― learning, then rest, then fun

2. (and) so

   потрошио сам сав новац, па сам се морао вратити кући ― I've spent all of my money, so I had to return home

3. (with да or ма̀кар) even if, even though, although
4. (with и̏па̄к) (and, but) yet, still

   богат је, па ипак усамљен ― he's rich, but still lonely

5. (with да + и) even if

Particle

па (Latin spelling pa)

1. (for emphasis) but, well

   па добро! ― well, all right!

   па што је с тобом? ― what's wrong with you?

   па и не баш ― not really

   па што онда? ― so what?

Yakut

Etymology

Expressive sound.

Particle

па • (pa)

1. (expresses disgust) bah, pah, phew
2. (expresses surprise, bewilderment, disappointment) well

   See synonyms at чэ (ce).

Derived terms

• пахай (paqay) (same meanings as above)
  • пахайдыҥы (paqaydıñı, “ugly, distasteful, obscene”)