próg

See also: prog, Prog, prog., and prōg

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ. Doublet of poroh.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈpruk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: próg

Noun

próg m inan (diminutive prożek, related adjective progowy)

  1. (architecture) threshold, doorstep, doorsill (outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home)
  2. (architecture) threshold (entrance; the door or gate of a house)
  3. (figurative) threshold (outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action)
  4. (music) fret (one of the pieces of metal, plastic, or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played)
    Synonym: bont
  5. (Near Masovian) certain part of a plough
  6. (Przemyśl) rear axle mount on a car

Declension

Declension of próg
singular plural
nominative próg progi
genitive progu progów
dative progowi progom
accusative próg progi
instrumental progiem progami
locative progu progach
vocative progu progi

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • próg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • próg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • próg in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “próg”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 367
  • Aleksander Saloni (1908) “próg”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 339
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