пряспа

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *persъpa, originally a resultant noun of пря- (prja-) +‎ си́пя (sípja, to pour, to strew). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пре̏спа, Ukrainian пере́спа (peréspa) and further akin to Polish zaspa (snowdrift), wyspa (island), Ukrainian за́спа (záspa, dike), ви́спа (výspa, island), Russian по́спа (póspa, nozzle) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprʲa̟spɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aspɐ
  • Syllabification(key): пря‧спа
  • Hyphenation(key): пряс‧па

Noun

пря́спа • (prjáspaf

  1. drift (particularly snowdrift)
    Synonyms: нанос (nanos), навей (navej)
    пря́спа снягprjáspa snjagsnowdrift

Declension

Declension of пря́спа
singular plural
indefinite пря́спа
prjáspa
пре́спи
préspi
definite пря́спата
prjáspata
пре́спите
préspite

Alternative forms

  • пре́спа (préspa)dialectal
  • о́спа (óspa, smallpox) (dated)
  • сип (sip) (obsolete)
    • за́сип (zásip, casting, embankment) (dialectal)
    • и́зсип (ízsip, pouring) (dialectal)
    • на́сип (násip, dike, embankment)
    • о́сип (ósip, papule) (dialectal)
    • по́сип (pósip, casting)
    • ра́зсип (rázsip, strewing) (dialectal)

References

  • пряспа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пряспа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пряспа, преспа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 840