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prga

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pr̩̂ɡa/, /př̩ːɡa/

Noun

pȑga or pŕga f (Cyrillic spelling пр̏га or пр́га)

  1. a kind of gruel from grains
    • 1854, Marko Opačić, “Krajiška jela i pitja”, in Gospodarske Novine, volume 2, number 1, page 175:
      10. Prga. Najglavnija hrana lička jest prga. Ova se pravi, kad žita, makar kakvog (uzimiju obično ječam i zob), u pržnici (izgleda kao pekva i jest železna i šupljikava) popržiš, onda samelješ, u varenoj vodi mešajući zakuhaš i začiniš.
      10. Gruel. The most important personal dish is gruel. It is made when you fry cereals of some kind (one usually takes barley or oats) in a skillet (it looks like a pan and is made of iron and hollow), then mill it, cook it in boiling water stirring, and season it.

Declension

References

  • prga”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 4, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1971, published 1990, page 872b
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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьrga.

Pronunciation

Noun

pŕga f

  1. grit, stones mixed with clay and lime
  2. ground dried fruits
  3. oil cake
  4. dung of sheep or goats
  5. noisome fellow, repulsive bloke

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
More information Feminine, a-stem, nominative ...

Further reading

  • prga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • prga”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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