ȍpakъ

ȍpakъ; ȍpako; ȍpaky \{1\} Grammatical information: adv. Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `the other way round'

Old Church Slavic:

opaky (Supr.) `the other way round, behind one's back' [adv]

Russian:

ópak(o) (dial.) `back, backwards, the other way round' [adv]

Czech:

opak `contrary' [m o]

Old Czech:

opak `backwards, the other way round' [adv]

Slovak:

opak `contrary' [m o]

Polish:

opak `(na o.) the other way round, upside down, wrongly' [adv]

Serbo-Croatian:

ȍpāk `the other way round' [adj/adv];

Čak. ȍpå̄k (Vrgada) `the other way round' [adj/adv]

Slovene:

opȃk `backwards, the other way round' [adv], opáka [Gens]

Bulgarian:

ópak `backwards, the other way round' [adv]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₂epo-h₃ek^w-

Comments: The quantitative variation in the second syllable reflects accentual mobility, as pretonic long vowels were shortened but posttonic long vowels were not. The laryngeal of the second syllable had been lost with compensatory lengthening at an earlier stage.

Other cognates:

Skt. ápāka- (RV+) `located behind, distant, aside' [adj];

Skt. ápākā́ (RV) `behind' [adv];

Skt. apākā́t (RV) `behind' [adv];

OIc. ǫfugr `turned the wrong way, wrong' [adj]