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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 • (prélest) f (relational adjective пре́лестен)
- (dated) allure, attractiveness, seductiveness
- 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
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
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “прелест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 653
- “прѣльсть”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
прелест • (prelest) f
- (literary) beauty, splendor
Declension