пря

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See also: пра-

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *pəŕä~*piŕä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *perä (hindquarters, back part of something). Cognates include Moksha пря (pŕa), Finnish perä, Livonian piera, Komi-Zyrian бӧр (bör), Western Mansi па̄р (pār).

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Noun

пря (pŕa)

  1. head (in many senses)
    пря путомсpŕa putomsto lay down life
  2. top, peak
  3. tip, point
  4. bulb, clove
  5. roof
  6. toebox
  7. ear

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “пря”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
  • Entry #747 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Moksha

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *perä. Cognates include Erzya пря (pŕa), Finnish perä, Komi-Zyrian бӧр (bör), Udmurt бер (ber), Eastern Khanty пәртӓг (pərtäg), Western Mansi па̄р (pār).[1]

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Noun

пря (pŕa)

  1. (anatomy) head
    прясь
    pŕaś
    the head
    Антеннась — Унжатнень, ракообразнайхне пряса потмоёжень маряма оргатт.
    Anťennaś — Unžatńeń, rakoobraznajhńe pŕasa potmojožeń maŕama orgatt.
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Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ пря (pŕa) in Álgu-tietokanta, Kotimaisten kielten keskus

Further reading

  • Possessive paradigm of пря (pŕa) in Nikolaj Golenkov (2009) Govorim po-mokšanski — Korxtatama mokšeks: razgovornik , Saransk: Izdatelʹskij dom «Kniga», →ISBN, page 71

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrja. Cognate with Czech pře.

Pronunciation

Noun

пря (prjaf inan (genitive прі, uncountable)

  1. (archaic) quarrel
  2. (archaic) fight

Declension

Further reading

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пря”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 618