пропаст

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *propastь, formed as про- (pro-) + паст (past). In modern Bulgarian, паст (past) has developed the meaning gorge, maw (where food falls into), however, originally it would have meant downfall, drop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɔpɐst]

Noun

про́паст • (própast) f

  1. chasm, abyss
    Synonym: бездна (bezdna)
  2. steep dale, downslope, depression (geological formation)

Declension

  • паде́ние (padénie, fall, disgrace)
  • падина́ (padiná, depression)
  • пад (pad, drop)
    • за́пад (západ, west, direction of falling)
    • на́пад (nápad, attack, assault)
    • спа́д (spád, drop)
    • разпа́д (razpád, decay, disintegration)
  • падък (padǎk) (obsolete)
    • припа́дък (pripádǎk, seizure, fainting)
    • пропа́дък (propádǎk, downgrade, collapse)
    • упа́дък (upádǎk, decline, degradation)
  • паст (past, gorge, maw)

References

  • пропаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пропаст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɔpast]
  • Hyphenation: про‧паст

Noun

пропаст • (propast) f

  1. chasm, abyss
    Synonym: бездна (bezdna)
  2. (figurative) antagonism
  3. downfall, devastation, destruction, collapse, doom
  4. doom, death

Declension

References

  • пропаст” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

про̏па̄ст f (Latin spelling prȍpāst)

  1. collapse
  2. destruction
  3. downfall
  4. damnation

Declension

Further reading

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