джаста-праста

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From onomatopoeic interjections джас (džas) and прас (pras) with the suffix -та (-ta). For other adverbial constructions with that suffix, see e.g. слепешката (slepeškata) and бързешката (bǎrzeškata).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʒa̟stɐ ˈprastɐ]
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  • Syllabification(key): джа‧ста-пра‧ста
  • Hyphenation(key): джас‧та-прас‧та

Adverb edit

джа́ста-пра́ста (džásta-prásta) (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) without due seriousness or attention to what is being done - rushedly, carelessly, sloppily

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • джаста-праста”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “джаста-праста”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 357