прах

Russian

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 Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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