прелест

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perlьstь (“allure”). Compare Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ, “trickery, deceit, allure”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈprɛlɛst]

Noun

пре́лест • (prélest) f (relational adjective пре́лестен)

  1. (dated) allure, attractiveness, seducability
    Synonyms: примамли́вост (primamlívost), привлека́телност (privlekátelnost), обая́ние (obajánie)
  2. charm, enchantment
    Synonyms: чар (čar), ома́я (omája), съблазни́телност (sǎblaznítelnost)
  3. beauty, gorgeousness, splendor
    Synonyms: красота́ (krasotá), ху́бост (húbost), (dialectal) ле́пост (lépost), изя́щество (izjáštestvo)

Declension
Declension of пре́лест
singular plural
indefinite пре́лест
prélest		 пре́лести
prélesti
definite прелестта́
prelesttá		 пре́лестите
prélestite
  • лъст (lǎst, “seducability, allure”)
  • прелъсти́тел m (prelǎstítel), прелъсти́телка m (prelǎstítelka, “seducer”)

References
  • “прелест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “прелест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • прѣльсть in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Macedonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈprɛlɛst]

Noun

прелест • (prelest) f

  1. (literary) beauty, splendor

Declension
Declension of прелест
singular plural
indefinite прелест прелести
definite unspecified прелеста прелестите
definite proximal — прелестиве
definite distal — прелестине
vocative прелест прелести
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