praf

Romanian

Alternative forms

• prah — archaic and regional
• prav — archaic and regional

Etymology

From earlier prah, from Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-. Compare Serbo-Croatian prah, also Megleno-Romanian prau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /praf/

• Audio:

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Noun

praf n (plural prafuri)

1. dust
2. powder

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	praf	praful		prafuri	prafurile
genitive-dative	praf	prafului		prafuri	prafurilor
vocative	prafule			prafurilor

Synonyms

• pulbere

Derived terms

• prăfos
• prăfuros

Further reading

• “praf”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025