prag

See also: präg, Prag, and праг

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прагъ (pragŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porg-o-. Compare Macedonian праг (prag), Serbo-Croatian prȁg.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɾaɡ/

Noun

prag m (plural pragje, definite pragu, definite plural pragjet)

  1. threshold, doorstep
  2. window sill
  3. (figurative) home, house
  4. stone slab
  5. (figurative) obstacle
  6. (figurative) brink

Declension
Declension of prag
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative prag pragje pragu pragjet
accusative pragun
dative pragu pragjeve pragut pragjevet
ablative pragjesh

Synonyms

References
  1. Omari, Anila (2012), "prag", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 240-241

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish pyrag. Cognate with Breton perak

Preposition

prag (triggers mixed mutation)

  1. why

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прагъ (pragŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porg-o-. Compare Macedonian праг (prag), Serbo-Croatian prȁg.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

prag n (plural praguri)

  1. doorstep
  2. threshold

Declension
Declension of prag
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) prag pragul (niște) praguri pragurile
genitive/dative (unui) prag pragului (unor) praguri pragurilor
vocative pragule pragurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porg-o-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /prâɡ/
  • Hyphenation: prag

Noun

prȁg m (Cyrillic spelling пра̏г)

  1. threshold
  2. doorstep
  3. fingerboard, fretboard of a stringed instrument

Declension
Declension of prag
singular plural
nominative prȁg pràgovi
genitive praga pragova
dative pragu pragovima
accusative prag pragove
vocative pragu pragovi
locative pragu pragovima
instrumental pragom pragovima

References
  • “prag” in Hrvatski jezični portal
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.