под

Daily used word (top 100)

Translation

1.
under
Example: Чемода́н под крова́тью. - The suitcase is under the bed.
Info: под + location in instrumental case
2.
below
Example: Эта па́ра живё́т в кварти́ре под на́ми. - This couple lives in the flat below us.
Info: под + location in instrumental case
3.
underneath
Example: Тонне́ль прохо́дит под за́мком. - The tunnel goes underneath the castle.
Info: под + location in instrumental case
4.
to go down/below
Example: Я шёл под́ гору - I went downhill
Info: под + destination in accusative case
5.
to go/put under something
Example: поста́вить под стол - put under the table
Info: под + destination in accusative case
6.
(impression, affection)
Example: Он как бу́дто под нарко́тиками. - He looks like he's on drugs.
7.
over
Also: for
Example: взять под себя всю часть современного Гонконга - to take over the entire part of modern Hong Kong itself
Info: под + accusative

(i) ‘Support’ for the dependent noun (ii) ‘Accompaniment’: (iii) ‘Iimitation’, ‘adaptation to style’ etc.:

Индия была́ под управле́нием Великобрита́нии много лет.India was governed by Great Britain for many years.
Э́то то, что раскрыва́ется под коне́ц.That is somewhat explained at the end.
Я прожда́л под дождём по кра́йней ме́ре минут десять.I was kept waiting in the rain for as long as ten minutes.
Джек де́ржит под мы́шкой кота́.Jack has a cat under his arm.
Метро́ движется под землёй.Subways run under the ground.
Он де́ржит кни́ги под мы́шкой.He is holding his books under his arm.
Он скры́лся под покро́вом тьмы.He escaped under cover of the darkness.
Не пря́чься под крова́ть.Don't hide under the bed.
Интересно, что она име́ет в ви́ду под э́тими слова́ми?I wonder what she means by those words.
Проложите трубы под по́лом.Run pipes under the floor.

па́дать - to fall
паде́ние - fall
подвести́ - to bring (closer by guiding and/or directing); to place (under); to support (with); to group together; to suggest; to let down (disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do); to pencil
подставля́ть - to put/to place; to frame; (figurative, colloquial) to expose
по́длый - mean
подле́ц - (derogatory) wretch
подпо́льный - under the floor/underground
во́зле - near