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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *propastь, formed as про- (pro-) + паст (past). In modern Bulgarian, паст (past) has developed the meaning gorge, maw (where food falls into), however, originally it would have meant downfall, drop.
Pronunciation
Noun
про́паст • (própast) f
- chasm, abyss
- Synonym: бездна (bezdna)
- steep dale, downslope, depression (geological formation)
Declension
- паде́ние (padénie, “fall, disgrace”)
- падина́ (padiná, “depression”)
- пад (pad, “drop”)
- за́пад (západ, “west, direction of falling”)
- на́пад (nápad, “attack, assault”)
- спа́д (spád, “drop”)
- разпа́д (razpád, “decay, disintegration”)
- падък (padǎk) (obsolete)
- припа́дък (pripádǎk, “seizure, fainting”)
- пропа́дък (propádǎk, “downgrade, collapse”)
- упа́дък (upádǎk, “decline, degradation”)
- паст (past, “gorge, maw”)
- на́паст (nápast, “nuisance, scourge”)
References
- “пропаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пропаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *propastь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: про‧паст
Noun
пропаст • (propast) f
- chasm, abyss
- Synonym: бездна (bezdna)
- (figurative) antagonism
- downfall, devastation, destruction, collapse, doom
- doom, death
Declension
References
- “пропаст” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *propastь.
Noun
про̏па̄ст f (Latin spelling prȍpāst)
- collapse
- destruction
- downfall
- damnation
Declension
Further reading
- “пропаст”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024