прах

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

прах • (prah) m (relational adjective пра́шен, diminutive пра́хче)

1. dust; powder

   прахове́ за главобо́лие ― prahové za glavobólie ― headache powders (medicine)

   мир на праха́ му ― mir na prahá mu ― may he rest in peace

Declension

Verb

прах • (prah)

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of пера (pera)

References

• “прах”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “прах”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Alternative forms

• прахъ (prax) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-. Doublet of по́рох (pórox), the inherited East Slavic form.

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Noun

прах • (prax) m inan (genitive пра́ха, nominative plural пра́хи, genitive plural пра́хов)

1. (poetic) dust, earth
2. (of the dead) ashes, remains

   мир пра́ху его́ ― mir práxu jevó ― may he rest in peace. (Literally: peace to his ashes)

Declension

Derived terms

• в пух и прах (v pux i prax)

Related terms

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прах”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâːx/

Noun

пра̑х m (Latin spelling prȃh)

1. (uncountable) powder

Declension