пропаст

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *propastь, formed as про- (pro-) +‎ паст (past). In modern Bulgarian, паст (past) has developed the meaning gorge, maw (where food falls into), however, originally it would have meant downfall, drop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔpɐst]

Noun

про́паст • (própast) f

1. chasm, abyss

   Synonym: бездна (bezdna)

2. steep dale, downslope, depression (geological formation)

Declension

Declension of про́паст

	singular	plural
indefinite	про́паст própast	про́пасти própasti
definite	пропастта́ propasttá	про́пастите própastite

Related terms

• паде́ние (padénie, “fall, disgrace”)
• падина́ (padiná, “depression”)
• пад (pad, “drop”)
  • за́пад (západ, “west, direction of falling”)
  • на́пад (nápad, “attack, assault”)
  • спа́д (spád, “drop”)
  • разпа́д (razpád, “decay, disintegration”)
• падък (padǎk) (obsolete)
  • припа́дък (pripádǎk, “seizure, fainting”)
  • пропа́дък (propádǎk, “downgrade, collapse”)
  • упа́дък (upádǎk, “decline, degradation”)
• паст (past, “gorge, maw”)
  • на́паст (nápast, “nuisance, scourge”)

References

• “пропаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пропаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔpast]

Noun

пропаст • (propast) f

1. downfall, devastation, collapse

Declension

Declension of пропаст

	singular	plural
indefinite	пропаст	пропасти
definite unspecified	пропаста	пропастите
definite proximal	—	пропастиве
definite distal	—	пропастине
vocative	пропаст	пропасти

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

про̏па̄ст f (Latin spelling prȍpāst)

1. collapse
2. destruction
3. downfall
4. damnation

Declension

Declension of пропаст

	singular	plural
nominative	пропаст	пропасти
genitive	пропасти	пропасти
dative	пропасти	пропастима
accusative	пропаст	пропасти
vocative	пропасти	пропасти
locative	пропасти	пропастима
instrumental	пропашћу / пропасти	пропастима