próg
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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ. Doublet of poroh.
Pronunciation
Noun
próg m inan (diminutive prożek, related adjective progowy)
- (architecture) threshold, doorstep, doorsill (outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home)
- (architecture) threshold (entrance; the door or gate of a house)
- (figurative) threshold (outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action)
- (music) fret (one of the pieces of metal, plastic, or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played)
- Synonym: bont
- (Near Masovian) certain part of a plough
Declension
Declension of próg
Derived terms
nouns
Further reading
- próg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- próg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- próg in PWN's encyclopedia
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “próg”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 367