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Bulgarian
Etymology
From onomatopoeic interjections джас (džas) and прас (pras) with the suffix -та (-ta). For other adverbial constructions with that suffix, see e.g. слепешката (slepeškata) and бързешката (bǎrzeškata).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Syllabification(key): джа‧ста-пра‧ста
- Hyphenation(key): джас‧та-прас‧та
Adverb
джа́ста-пра́ста • (džásta-prásta) (not comparable)
- (colloquial) without due seriousness or attention to what is being done - rushedly, carelessly, sloppily
Synonyms
References
- “джаста-праста”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “джаста-праста”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 357