Bulgarian

Verb

праща • ‎(prášta)

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of пращам.

Pronunciation 2

Verb

праща • ‎(prášta, praštá)

1. Second-person singular aorist indicative form of пращам.
2. Third-person singular aorist indicative form of пращам.

Russian

Etymology

Borrowing from Old Church Slavonic праща ‎(prašta), from Proto-Slavic *porťa, from *per- ‎(“to beat”).

Cognate with Polish proca, Bulgarian пра́шка ‎(práška), Slovene prača, Serbo-Croatian пра̏ћа / prȁća. Compare Slovak prak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɐˈɕːa]

Noun

праща́ • ‎(praščá) f inan ‎(genitive пращи́, nominative plural пращи́, genitive plural праще́й)

1. (weapon) sling

Declension

See also

• пра́ца ‎(práca)

Related terms

• Перун ‎(Perun)
• поро́к ‎(porók) (possibly)
• прать ‎(pratʹ)

References

• Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “праща”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress