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Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫga.
Pronunciation
Noun
пруга • (pruga) f
- stripe
- railroad
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prǔːɡa/
- Hyphenation: пру‧га
Noun
пру́га f (Latin spelling prúga)
- stripe, bind, line
1858, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Putovanje po Bosni, page 42:Nad zobunom navuku dugi kaftan bez rukavah iz cèrvene jake turske svile sa žutima prugama.- Above their vests they put on a long sleeveless kaftan of strong red Turkish silk with yellow stripes.
- railway track, railroad
- 1898, Ivan Hoić, Slike iz obćega zemljopisa, book 5, part 1, page 152:
U Moskvi se sastaje šest najznamenitijih željezničkih pruga dalekoga ruskoga carstva.- The six most notable railway lines of the distant Russian tsardom meet in Moscow.
1969, Slobodan Manojlović, “Polet mladosti”, in Republiko, slavo naša!:Mišice mlade radnih brigada:
kroz njih nek zbori visoka svijest!
Preko planina, preko dolina,
probiće prugu snažna nam pest.- The young muscles of the work-brigades:
Through them let high consciousness speak!
Over the mountains, over the valleys,
Our mighty fist will hammer out a railway.
Declension