próg

See also: prog, Prog, prog., and prōg

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *porgʰos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas

Proto-Slavic *porgъ

Polish próg

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ. Doublet of porog and poroh.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpruk/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈprok]
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈpruk]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈpruk]

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: próg

Noun

Próg (sense 1)

Progi (sense 4)

próg m inan (diminutive prożek, related adjective progowy)

1. (architecture) threshold, doorstep, doorsill (outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home)
2. (architecture) threshold (entrance; the door or gate of a house)
3. (figurative) threshold (outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action)
4. (music) fret (one of the pieces of metal, plastic, or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played)

   Synonym: bont

5. (Near Masovian) certain part of a plough
6. (Przemyśl) rear axle mount on a car
7. (Łowicz, Łaźniki, Jackowice, spinning) synonym of cłapok (“[footrest]]”) (boards for pressing with feet in a spinning wheel workshop)

Declension

Declension of próg

	singular	plural
nominative	próg	progi
genitive	progu	progów
dative	progowi	progom
accusative	próg	progi
instrumental	progiem	progami
locative	progu	progach
vocative	progu	progi

Derived terms

nouns

• nadproże
• podproże
• próg rzeczny
• próg wejścia
• próg zwalniający
• przedproże
• zaproże

Further reading

• “próg”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “próg”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• próg in PWN's encyclopedia
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891), “próg”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎^[3], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 367
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “próg”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎^[4] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 339
• Halina Świderska (1929), “proǵi, pruk”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 127