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

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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	prag	pragul		praguri	pragurile
genitive-dative	prag	pragului		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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024