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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perlьstь (“allure”). Compare Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ, “trickery, deceit, allure”).
Pronunciation
Noun
пре́лест • (prélest) f (relational adjective пре́лестен)
- (dated) allure, attractiveness, seducability
- Synonyms: примамли́вост (primamlívost), привлека́телност (privlekátelnost), обая́ние (obajánie)
- charm, enchantment
- Synonyms: чар (čar), ома́я (omája), съблазни́телност (sǎblaznítelnost)
- beauty, gorgeousness, splendor
- Synonyms: красота́ (krasotá), ху́бост (húbost), (dialectal) ле́пост (lépost), изя́щество (izjáštestvo)
Declension
Related terms
References
- “прелест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “прелест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- прѣльсть in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
прелест • (prelest) f
- (literary) beauty, splendor
Declension