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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek προσφορά (prosphorá, “offering”).
Pronunciation
Noun
просфора́ • (prosforá) f inan (genitive просфоры́, nominative plural про́сфоры, genitive plural просфо́р)
- prosphora
- Synonym: просви́ра (prosvíra)
1887, Антон Чехов , Перекати-поле, Санкт-Петербург: Новое время; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Uprooted, 1919:Ка́ждому прие́хавшему и прише́дшему они́ должны́ бы́ли найти́ и указа́ть ме́сто для ночле́га, дать ему́ пое́сть и напи́ться; кто был глух, бестолко́в и́ли щедр на вопро́сы, тому́ ну́жно бы́ло до́лго и мучи́тельно объясня́ть, почему́ нет пусты́х номеро́в, в каки́е часы́ быва́ет слу́жба, где продаю́тся про́сфоры и т. д.- Káždomu prijéxavšemu i prišédšemu oní dolžný býli najtí i ukazátʹ mésto dlja nočléga, datʹ jemú pojéstʹ i napítʹsja; kto byl glux, bestolkóv íli ščedr na voprósy, tomú núžno býlo dólgo i mučítelʹno obʺjasnjátʹ, počemú net pustýx nomeróv, v kakíje časý byvájet slúžba, gde prodajútsja prósfory i t. d.
- For everyone who came they had to find a place to sleep, and to provide food and drink; to those who were deaf, slow to understand, or profuse in questions, they had to give long and wearisome explanations, to tell them why there were no empty rooms, at what o'clock the service was to be where holy bread was sold, and so on.
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