prag

See also: präg, Prag, and праг

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прагъ (pragŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porg-o-. Compare Macedonian праг (prag), Serbo-Croatian prȁg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾaɡ/

Noun

prag m (plural pragje, definite pragu, definite plural pragjet)

1. threshold, doorstep
2. window sill
3. (figurative) home, house
4. stone slab
5. (figurative) obstacle
6. (figurative) brink

Declension

Declension of prag

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	prag	pragje	pragu	pragjet
accusative			pragun
dative	pragu	pragjeve	pragut	pragjevet
ablative		pragjesh

Synonyms

• shqem

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish pyrag. Cognate with Breton perak

Preposition

prag (triggers mixed mutation)

1. why

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прагъ (pragŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porg-o-. Compare Macedonian праг (prag), Serbo-Croatian prȁg.

Pronunciation

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Noun

prag n (plural praguri)

1. doorstep
2. threshold

Declension

Declension of prag

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) prag	pragul	(niște) praguri	pragurile
genitive/dative	(unui) prag	pragului	(unor) praguri	pragurilor
vocative	pragule		pragurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porg-o-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâɡ/
• Hyphenation: prag

Noun

prȁg m (Cyrillic spelling пра̏г)

1. threshold
2. doorstep
3. fingerboard, fretboard of a stringed instrument

Declension

Declension of prag

	singular	plural
nominative	prȁg	pràgovi
genitive	praga	pragova
dative	pragu	pragovima
accusative	prag	pragove
vocative	pragu	pragovi
locative	pragu	pragovima
instrumental	pragom	pragovima

References

• “prag” in Hrvatski jezični portal