прах

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prax]

Noun

прах • (prah) m (related adjective пра́шен, diminutive пра́хче)

1. dust; powder

   прахове́ за главобо́лие ― prahové za glavobólie ― headache powders (medicine)

   мир на праха́ му ― mir na prahá mu ― may he rest in peace

Declension

Declension of прах

	singular	plural
indefinite	прах prah	прахове́ prahové
definite (subject form)	прахъ́т prahǎ́t	прахове́те prahovéte
definite (object form)	праха́ prahá
count form	—	пра́ха práha

References

• прах in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• прах in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

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Russian

Alternative forms

• прахъ (prax) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-. Doublet of по́рох (pórox), the inherited East Slavic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prax]

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• Rhymes: -ax

Noun

прах • (prax) m inan (genitive пра́ха, nominative plural пра́хи, genitive plural пра́хов)

1. (poetic) dust, earth
2. (of the dead) ashes, remains

   мир пра́ху его́ ― mir práxu jevó ― may he rest in peace

Declension

Declension of прах (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пра́х práx	пра́хи práxi
genitive	пра́ха práxa	пра́хов práxov
dative	пра́ху práxu	пра́хам práxam
accusative	пра́х práx	пра́хи práxi
instrumental	пра́хом práxom	пра́хами práxami
prepositional	пра́хе práxe	пра́хах práxax

Related terms

• персть (perstʹ)
• порошок (porošok)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) , “прах”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubačóv, Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâːx/

Noun

пра̑х m (Latin spelling prȃh)

1. (uncountable) powder

Declension

Declension of прах

	singular
nominative	прах
genitive	праха
dative	праху
accusative	прах
vocative	праше / праху
locative	праху
instrumental	прахом