недо-
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Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- недо-: IPA(key): [nʲɪdə]
- недо́-: IPA(key): [nʲɪˈdo] (when stressed in past passive participles and past tense forms)
- не́до-: IPA(key): [ˈnʲedə] (when stressed in nouns)
Prefix[edit]
недо- • (nedo-)
- (used with verbs) under-, insufficiently
- недо- (nedo-) + дать (datʹ, “to give”) → недода́ть (nedodátʹ, “to give less than required”)
- недо- (nedo-) + плати́ть (platítʹ, “to pay”) → недоплати́ть (nedoplatítʹ, “to underpay”)
- недо- (nedo-) + стать (statʹ, “to happen, to become”) → недоста́ть (nedostátʹ, “to be insufficient”)
- недо- (nedo-) + ед- (jed-, “to eat”) + -а́ть (-átʹ) → недоеда́ть (nedojedátʹ, “to be undernourished”)
- (used with verbs) to fail to do
- недо- (nedo-) + де́лать (délatʹ, “to do”) → недоде́лать (nedodélatʹ, “to fail to do, to fail to finish”)
- недо- (nedo-) + смотре́ть (smotrétʹ, “to look at; to look after, to watch”) → недосмотре́ть (nedosmotrétʹ, “to overlook; to fail to look after”)
- недо- (nedo-) + мог- (mog-, “to be able”) + -а́ть (-átʹ) → недомога́ть (nedomogátʹ, “to be unwell, to be indisposed”)
- (used with nouns) shoddy, wannabe
- недо- (nedo-) + а́рмия- (ármija-, “army”) → недоа́рмия (nedoármija, “sad excuse for an army”)
Usage notes[edit]
- The stressed variants are found in the following situations:
- the past participle of verbs with a one-syllable root ending in -ать: e.g. недо́данный (nedódannyj) from недода́ть (nedodátʹ, “to give insufficiently”);
- the past tense of some verbs with a one-syllable root: e.g. недо́дал (nedódal, masculine singular past tense) from недода́ть (nedodátʹ, “to give insufficiently”);
- some deverbal and other derived nouns: e.g. не́доросль (nédoroslʹ, “ignorant young man”) from недоро́слый (nedoróslyj, “not full-grown”).
Derived terms[edit]
Ukrainian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Originally probably не- (ne-) + до- (do-).
Prefix[edit]
недо- • (nedo-)