пруст
Bulgarian
Etymology
Cognate with Old East Slavic прꙋстъ (prustŭ, “narthex”). Further origin unclear:
- Mladenov considers relation to dialectal прусам (prusam, “to stroll”), perhaps from Proto-Slavic *prud(s)- (compare Lithuanian práudžia (“manner, order”)). Doubted by Vasmer.
- Based on the church meaning in Old Russian, Vaillant suggests instead Greek or Latin origin. Candidate lendwords could be Ancient Greek πρόσθιος (prósthios, “frontal”) (diachronically improbable as that would require borrowing during Early Proto-Slavic) or possibly unattested Latin pro- + ōstium (“door”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [prust]
Noun
пруст • (prust) m (diminutive пру́стец) (dated)
- (archaic) entrance, porch, foyer (in old-style houses)
- Synonyms: трем (trem), преддве́рие (preddvérie), чарда́к (čardák), антре́ (antré)
- (by association) corridor (transitional space between rooms)
- Synonyms: (standard) коридо́р (koridór), междина́ (meždiná)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пруст prust |
пру́стове prústove |
| definite (subject form) |
пру́стът prústǎt |
пру́стовете prústovete |
| definite (object form) |
пру́ста prústa | |
| count form | — | пру́ста prústa |
Related terms
- пру́сам (prúsam, “to walk with small steps, to stroll”) (possibly)
References
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пруст”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 810
- “пруст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пруст”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “прустъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 321