| 262 Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar
 This prefix can also impart the meaning of Tor a little while', especially with
 verbs denoting a process of some kind. This use of no- is very common in
 Ukrainian; note the first example given, as no- can express both 'simple
 perfective action', as in the list above, and Tor a little while' (the meanings given
 refer here only to the perfective):
 дзвонити
 сидіти
 стояти
 говорити
 мигати
 подзвонити
 посидіти
 постояти
 поговорити
 помигати
 to ring a bell for a while
 to sit for a while
 to stand for a while
 to have a chat
 to twinkle for a while
 Note that a stress shift to the left is possible in some verbs when no- is affixed
 to them; such forms should be noted as they are encountered.
 під-, піді-,
 підо-
 пред- (rare)
 при-
 motion under or
 from under
 motion towards
 extra, additional
 action
 action in small
 amounts
 surreptitious or
 secretive action
 various, generally
 = Eng. pre-
 motion expressing
 arrival at a place
 join things together
 or bring them near
 action expressing
 pressure on an
 object, downwards
 direct an action
 towards oneself
 action partially
 completed
 підставити
 підкинути
 підняти
 підійти
 підплисти
 підлити
 підмалювати
 підсохнути
 підхвалити
 підмовити
 підслухати
 представити
 прийти
 принести
 привезти
 прибудувати
 прив'язати
 придушити
 причавити
 призвати
 приманити
 пригасити
 приглушити
 place under
 throw under
 lift, pick up
 approach
 swim up to
 pour a little more
 touch up, colour
 more
 dry up a little
 flatter a little
 incite, instigate
 eavesdrop
 present
 arrive (on foot)
 bring (on foot)
 bring (by vehicle)
 build on, annex
 bind together
 smother, press
 down
 squeeze down on
 summon, call to
 one
 allure, entice
 extinguish
 (partially)
 deaden noise (a
 little)
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