па

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

Abaza

Noun

па • (pa)

1. son

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• по (po) — stressed
• pa — Łacinka

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic по (po), 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 locative] 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 locative] 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 locative] along (direction)

   Ісці па слядах: Follow the footprints

   Уверх па ручаіне: Up along the brook

   Накіроўвацца па маршруце: Follow the route

4. [with accusative] + 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 accusative] 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 dative] 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

Bulgarian

Etymology

Cognate with Macedonian па (pa). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa]
• Rhymes: -pa

Conjunction

па • (pa) (colloquial)

1. and then, and now, and yet, so; and, but, used to conjoin sentences

   Пи́е си по 150 гра́ма раки́я на ден, па по́сле ми се опла́ква, че го боля́л че́рния дроб! А́бе не, бе, не ду́май!

   Píe si po sto i petdeset gráma rakíja na den, pa pósle mi se oplákva, če go boljál čérnija drob! Ábe ne, be, ne dúmaj!

   He drinks 150 grams of rakia a day, yet he then comes and complains to me that his liver hurts! Yeah, right, you don't say!

   Жа́лко, че не ми прода́доха апартаме́нта, де́то си го бях наме́рил. Па си бе́ше то́лкова ху́бав, със едни́ мно́го ху́бави стени́ прекра́сни! Ту, язъ́к!

   Žálko, če ne mi prodádoha apartaménta, déto si go bjah naméril. Pa si béše tólkova húbav, săs ední mnógo húbavi stení prekrásni! Tu, jazắk!

   It's a shame that they didn't sell me that apartment that I'd found for myself. And it was so beautiful, too, with these very beautiful, wonderful walls! Pity!

   • 1894, Aleko Konstantinov, От много ум:

     Ако искате да знаете истината, жена му е, която не може да ги търпи. Тя е живяла някъде из Европа, па сега не може да търпи простите. Натура.

     Ako iskate da znaete istinata, žena mu e, kojato ne može da gi tărpi. Tja e živjala njakăde iz Evropa, pa sega ne može da tărpi prostite. Natura.

     If you'd like to know the truth, it's his wife who can't stand them. She's lived out and about Europe, and now she can't put up with simple people. Nature.

2. and, used to form lists

   Synonym: и (i)

   Па раки́я, па вино́, па би́ра, вси́чко пи́хме!

   Pa rakíja, pa vinó, pa bíra, vsíčko píhme!

   Rakia, wine, beer, we drank some of everything!

References

• “па”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “па”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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 *pākun, 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], Moscow: Издательство «Русский Язык»

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pas. Further from Latin passus (whence also пасса́ж (passáž), English pace, among others).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

па • (pa) n inan (indeclinable)

1. pas, step

Related terms

Related via Latin passus:

• па́спорт m (pásport)
• пасса́ж m (passáž)
• пассажи́р m anim (passažír)
• пасса́т m (passát)

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “па”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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

   Synonym: 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, therefore

   Synonym: сто̏га̄

   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. so, so what

   па? ― So what?

2. (for emphasis) but, well

   па добро! ― well, all right!

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

   па и не баш ― not really

   па шта онда? ― so what?

3. (regional, for emphasis) even

   Па и моја баба већ зна да то није истина! ― Even my grandma knows that that is not true!

Adverb

па (Latin spelling pa)

1. (Torlakian) again

   Synonyms: ȍpēt, pȍnovo

   Па́ ли ће, бре, ру́чаш? ― Will you really have lunch again, man?

References

• “па”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “па”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• Radmila Žugić (2005), Rečnik govora jablaničkog kraja, Belgrad: Institut za srpski jezik SANU, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 260
• Momčilo Zlatanović (2014), Rečnik govora juga Srbije [Dictionary of the southern Serbia dialect], Vranje: Učiteljski fakultet u Vranju, →ISBN, →OCLC

Yakut

Etymology

Expressive sound.

Particle

па • (pa)

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

   See synonyms at чэ (če).

Derived terms

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