prase
English
Etymology
From Latin prasius, from Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “of a green colour”), from Ancient Greek πράσον (práson, “leek”).
Noun
prase (countable and uncountable, plural prases)
- (mineralogy) A variety of cryptocrystalline of a green colour.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “prase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech prasě, from Proto-Slavic *porsę, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprasɛ]
audio (file) - Rhymes: -asɛ
- Hyphenation: pra‧se
Noun
prase n (related adjective prasečí)
Declension
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porsę, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *porsę, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prasɛ́/, /pràːsɛ/
Inflection
| Declension of prase (neuter, t-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | prase | ||
| gen. sing. | praseta | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | prase | praseti | praseta |
| accusative | prase | praseti | praseta |
| genitive | praseta | praset | praset |
| dative | prasetu | prasetoma | prasetom |
| locative | prasetu | prasetih | prasetih |
| instrumental | prasetom | prasetoma | praseti |
Further reading
- “prase”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran