prek

See also: Prek, prek-, and pre-K

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *prek-, from Proto-Indo-European *prékʷ- (to take, grasp).[1]

Verb

prek (aorist preka, participle prekur) (transitive)

  1. to touch (also figuratively)
    Synonyms: cik, çik, cek
  2. to ruin (ferments or drink preparation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “prek”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “could be an alt form of precz instead”)

Pronunciation

Adverb

prek (not comparable)

  1. (Central Greater Poland, Poznań, Southern Greater Poland, Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland, Kuyavia, with a verb) synonym of precz

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “prek”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “prek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 22
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “prek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 31
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “prek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 35
  • Waldemar Wierzba (2013) “prek”, in Słownik Poznańskie słowa i ausdrucki (in Polish), 1st edition, Mierzyn: Albus, →ISBN, page 200