потроху

Univerbation of по (po) +‎ тро́ху (tróxu). Compare Polish po trochu. By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ Proto-Slavic *troska +‎ -у (-u).

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈtrɔxʊ]

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потро́ху • (potróxu)

1. a little at a time, one bit at a time, bit by bit, little by little (in small amounts)

   Synonyms: пома́лу (pomálu), ма́ло-пома́лу (málo-pomálu), помале́ньку (pomalénʹku)

2. bit by bit, little by little (gradually)

   Synonyms: пома́лу (pomálu), ма́ло-пома́лу (málo-pomálu), помале́ньку (pomalénʹku), поступо́во (postupóvo), крок за кро́ком (krok za krókom)

3. (colloquial) a bit, a little

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔtrɔxʊ]

по́троху • (pótroxu) m inan

1. genitive/dative/locative/vocative singular of по́трох (pótrox)

• (dative singular): по́трохові (pótroxovi)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “потроху”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “потроху”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “потроху”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “потроху”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “потроху”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “потроху”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)