прелест

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пре́лесть (prélestʹ) (Church Slavonic loanword), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *perlьstь (allure). Compare Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ, trickery, deceit, allure).

Pronunciation

Noun

пре́лест (prélestf (relational adjective пре́лестен)

  1. (dated) allure, attractiveness, seductiveness
    Synonyms: примамли́вост (primamlívost), привлека́телност (privlekátelnost), обая́ние (obajánie)
  2. charm, enchantment
    Synonyms: чар (čar), ома́я (omája), съблазни́телност (sǎblaznítelnost)
  3. beauty, gorgeousness, splendor
    Synonyms: красота́ (krasotá), ху́бост (húbost), (dialectal) ле́пост (lépost), изя́щество (izjáštestvo)

Declension

References

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

прелест (prelestf

  1. (literary) beauty, splendor

Declension

Declension of прелест
singular plural
indefinite прелест (prelest) прелести (prelesti)
definite unspecified прелеста (prelesta) прелестите (prelestite)
definite proximal прелестиве (prelestive)
definite distal прелестине (prelestine)
vocative прелест (prelest) прелести (prelesti)