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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- пра́ща: IPA(key): (present indicative or aorist)
- праща́: IPA(key): (aorist only)
Verb
пра́ща • (prášta)
- third-person singular present indicative of пра́щам (práštam)
Verb
пра́ща or праща́ • (prášta or praštá)
- second-person singular aorist indicative of пра́щам (práštam)
- third-person singular aorist indicative of пра́щам (práštam)
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic праща (prašta), from Proto-Slavic *porťa, from *per- (“to beat”).
Cognate with Polish proca, Bulgarian пра́шка (práška), Slovene prača, Serbo-Croatian пра̏ћа / prȁća. Compare Slovak prak.
Pronunciation
Noun
праща́ • (praščá) f inan (genitive пращи́, nominative plural пращи́, genitive plural праще́й)
- (weaponry) sling
Declension
See also
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “праща”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress