prah

See also: práh

Alak

Noun

prah

1. (Alak) sky

Alternative forms

• brah (Harak)

Further reading

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch vracht (“freight, mass”), from Middle Dutch vracht, from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht, from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *aihtiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprah]
• Hyphenation: prah

Noun

prah (first-person possessive prahku, second-person possessive prahmu, third-person possessive prahnya)

1. Alternative spelling of prahoto
2. (colloquial) freight, goods or items in transport.

   Synonym: muatan

Further reading

• “prah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâːx/

Noun

prȃh m (Cyrillic spelling пра̑х)

1. (uncountable) powder

Declension

Declension of prah

	singular
nominative	prah
genitive	praha
dative	prahu
accusative	prah
vocative	praše / prahu
locative	prahu
instrumental	prahom

Further reading

• “prah”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

prah (Cyrillic spelling прах)

1. first-person singular imperfect past of prati

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prax]
• Homophone: prach

Noun

prah m inan (related adjective prahový)

1. threshold

Declension

Declension of prah (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	prah	prahy
genitive	prahu	prahov
dative	prahu	prahom
accusative	prah	prahy
locative	prahu	prahoch
instrumental	prahom	prahmi

Further reading

• “prah”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /práːx/
• Rhymes: -aːx
• Hyphenation: prah

Noun

prȃh m inan

1. (uncountable) dust (fine, dry particles)

   Synonyms: prahec, prašek, prašina

2. powder

   Synonyms: prašek, štupa

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	prȃh
gen. sing.	prahȗ
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	prȃh
genitive rodȋlnik	prahȗ
dative dajȃlnik	prȃhu, prȃhi
accusative tožȋlnik	prȃh
locative mẹ̑stnik	prȃhu, prȃhi
instrumental orọ̑dnik	prȃhom
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	prȃh

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	prȃh
gen. sing.	prȃha
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	prȃh
genitive rodȋlnik	prȃha
dative dajȃlnik	prȃhu, prȃhi
accusative tožȋlnik	prȃh
locative mẹ̑stnik	prȃhu, prȃhi
instrumental orọ̑dnik	prȃhom
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	prȃh

Derived terms

• beli prah
• cvetni prah
• dvigati mnogo prahu
• dvigati veliko prahu
• dvigniti mnogo prahu
• dvigniti oblak prahu
• dvigniti veliko prahu
• gnojilo v prahu
• izprašīti
• kozmični prah
• ležati v prahu
• naprašīti
• oprašīti
• otresti prah s čevljev in zapustiti
• pometati prah s koleni
• prah kaj prekrije
• prah si in v prah se povrneš
• prȃhəc
• prȃšək
• prášən
• prašína
• prašīti
• prȃšnica
• prȃšnik
• sesuti v prah
• sesuti v prah in pepel
• solnčni prah
• sončni prah
• spremeniti v prah
• spremeniti v prah in pepel
• strelni prah
• zaprašīti
• zdrobiti v sončni prah
• zlati prah
• zmleti v sončni prah
• živi prah

 

See also

• omesti
• prh
• pršeti

Further reading

• “prah”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “prah”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references