пръг

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Bulgarian

Коносовидни пръгове (устройство)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫgъ (elastic form, device).

Noun

пръг (prǎgm (diminutive пръже́ц) (dialectal)

  1. coil, gyre, figure
  2. (abstract) elasticity, agility, contortion
    Не му останаха ни сили, ни пръг.
    Ne mu ostanaha ni sili, ni prǎg.
    One has exhausted all their power and elasticity.
Declension

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Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫgъ, *pręgъ (band, strain). See also Turkish borrowing пра́нга (pránga, shackle).

Noun

пръг (prǎgm (dialectal)

  1. halter, restraining frame, rod
  2. (by extension) strain
Declension

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Etymology 3

Насекомо пръг (Acanthacris ruficornis)

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic прѫгъ (prǫgŭ, locust), morphologically equivalent to Etymology 1.

Noun

пръг (prǎgm (archaic)

  1. locust (short-horned grasshopper of family Acrididae)
    Synonym: скакале́ц (skakaléc)
Declension

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