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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic прагъ (pragŭ), Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgos.
Pronunciation
Noun
праг • (prag) m
- threshold, doorstep, ledge
Declension
References
- “праг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “праг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Ivanova-Mirčeva, D., editor (2009), “прагъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Valentin Trajanov, page 349
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgos.
Pronunciation
Noun
праг • (prag) m
- threshold, doorstep
- (figurative) home
- fatherland
- entrance
- (figurative) beginning
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgos.
Noun
пра̏г m (Latin spelling prȁg)
- threshold
- doorstep
- fingerboard, fretboard of a stringed instrument
Declension