праща
See also: праша
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- пра́ща: IPA(key): [ˈpraʃtə] (present indicative or aorist)
- праща́: IPA(key): [prɐʃˈta] (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
- IPA(key): [prɐˈɕːa]
Noun
праща́ • (praščá) f inan (genitive пращи́, nominative plural пращи́, genitive plural праще́й)
- (weapon) sling
Declension
Declension of праща́ (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | праща́ praščá | пращи́ praščí |
| genitive | пращи́ praščí | праще́й praščéj |
| dative | праще́ praščé | праща́м praščám |
| accusative | пращу́ praščú | пращи́ praščí |
| instrumental | пращо́й, пращо́ю praščój, praščóju | праща́ми praščámi |
| prepositional | праще́ praščé | праща́х praščáx |
Related terms
- Перун (Perun)
- поро́к (porók) (possibly)
- прать (pratʹ)
See also
- пра́ца (práca)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “праща”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress