prek

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See also: Prek, prek-, and pre-K

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *praka, a derivative of an adverbial *pra-k-, related to Greek πρόκα (próka, forthwith, straightaway)(?), Proto-Slavic *prokь (remainder, remaining), from *pro (forward).[1] Alternatively the term could represent a -kë variant of preh.

Verb

prek (aorist preka, participle prekur)

  1. to touch (also figuratively)
  2. to ruin (ferments or drink preparation)

Inflection

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 343

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “could be an alt form of precz instead”)

Pronunciation

Adverb

prek (not comparable)

  1. (Central Greater Poland, Poznań, Southern Greater Poland, Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland, Kuyavia, with a verb) Synonym of precz

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “prek”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “prek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 22
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “prek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 31
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “prek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 35
  • Waldemar Wierzba (2013) “prek”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 200