преда

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pręsti (“to spin”). The archaic meaning to step gently is due to Proto-Slavic *prędati (“to leap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛˈd̪ɤ/

Verb

1. to spin (textiles)
2. to purr
3. to step gently (archaic)

Related terms

• предач (predač, “spinner”)
• предачен (predačen, “spinning”)
• предачество (predačestvo, “filature”)
• предачница (predačnica, “workshop for filature”)
• прежда (prežda, “yarn, thread”)
• предено (predeno, “spindle”)

References

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “преда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 634

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêda/
• Hyphenation: пре‧да

Preposition

пре̏да (Latin spelling prȅda)

1. Alternative form of пре̏д.