проза

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian про́за (próza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈproza]

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Noun

про́за • (próza) f inan (genitive про́зы, uncountable, relational adjective празаі́чны)

1. prose

   Antonym: паэ́зія (paézija)

2. prosaic aspect, monotony

Declension

Declension of про́за (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	про́за próza
genitive	про́зы prózy
dative	про́зе prózje
accusative	про́зу prózu
instrumental	про́зай, про́заю prózaj, prózaju
locative	про́зе prózje

Further reading

• “проза” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы. Т. 10. Прасніца — Пяяць / уклад. Р. М. Малько [і інш.] ; рэд. Г. А. Цыхун. — Мінск : Беларуская навука, 2005. — 325 с.

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	پروزا
Cyrillic	проза
Latin	proza

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian про́за (próza), from Latin prosa.

Noun

проза • (proza)

1. prose

Declension

declension of проза

	singular (жекеше)	plural (көпше)
nominative (атау септік)	проза (proza)	прозалар (prozalar)
genitive (ілік септік)	прозаның (prozanyñ)	прозалардың (prozalardyñ)
dative (барыс септік)	прозаға (prozağa)	прозаларға (prozalarğa)
accusative (табыс септік)	прозаны (prozany)	прозаларды (prozalardy)
locative (жатыс септік)	прозада (prozada)	прозаларда (prozalarda)
ablative (шығыс септік)	прозадан (prozadan)	прозалардан (prozalardan)
instrumental (көмектес септік)	прозамен (prozamen)	прозалармен (prozalarmen)

Derived terms

• прозашы (prozaşy)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔza]
• Rhymes: -ɔza

Noun

проза • (proza) f (relational adjective прозен)

1. prose

Declension

Declension of проза

	singular
indefinite	проза
definite unspecified	прозата
definite proximal	прозава
definite distal	прозана
vocative	прозо

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprozə]

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Noun

про́за • (próza) f inan (genitive про́зы, nominative plural про́зы, genitive plural проз, relational adjective прозаи́ческий)

1. prose

   писать про́зой

   pisatʹ prózoj

   write in prose

2. prosaic aspect, monotony

   про́за жи́зни ― próza žízni ― monotony/tedium/humdrum of life; the seamy side of life

Declension

Declension of про́за (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	про́за próza	про́зы prózy
genitive	про́зы prózy	про́з próz
dative	про́зе próze	про́зам prózam
accusative	про́зу prózu	про́зы prózy
instrumental	про́зой, про́зою prózoj, prózoju	про́зами prózami
prepositional	про́зе próze	про́зах prózax

Related terms

• проза́ик (prozáik)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Prosa, from Latin prosa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒːza/
• Hyphenation: про‧за

Noun

про́за f (Latin spelling próza)

1. (uncountable) prose

Declension

Declension of проза

	singular
nominative	проза
genitive	прозе
dative	прози
accusative	прозу
vocative	прозо
locative	прози
instrumental	прозом

Ukrainian

Etymology

Derived via Western European languages from Latin prōsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔzɐ]

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Noun

про́за • (próza) f inan (genitive про́зи, uncountable)

1. prose

   писа́ти про́зою ― pysáty prózoju ― to write in prose

2. prosaic aspect, prosaicness (of life)

Declension

Declension of про́за (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	про́за próza
genitive	про́зи prózy
dative	про́зі prózi
accusative	про́зу prózu
instrumental	про́зою prózoju
locative	про́зі prózi
vocative	про́зо prózo

Derived terms

• прозаї́чний (prozajíčnyj)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “проза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “проза”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “проза”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “проза”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “проза”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “проза”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)