prasa

See also: prasą and prasã

Irish

Adjective

prasa

1. nominative/vocative/strong genitive/dative plural of pras

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
prasa	phrasa	bprasa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish prasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprasa/
• Syllabification: pra‧sa

Noun

prasa f (related adjective prasowi)

1. (uncountable) press (printed media)
2. (countable) press (device used to apply pressure)

Declension

Declension of prasa

	singular	plural
nominative	prasa	prasë
genitive	prasë	pras/prasów
dative	prase	prasóm
accusative	prasã	prasë
instrumental	prasą	prasama
locative	prase	prasach
vocative	prasa/praso	prasë

Derived terms

nouns

• prasôrz

 

verbs

• prasowac impf

 

Related terms

nouns

• prasowanié

 

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “prasa”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “prasa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “prasa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Ladino

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پراصه (prasa, pırasa), from Greek πράσο (práso).

Noun

prasa (Latin spelling)

1. leek, Allium ampeloprasum

Latvian

Verb

prasa

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of prasīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of prasīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of prasīt

Masurian

Alternative forms

• presa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish prasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprasa]
• Syllabification: pra‧sa

Noun

prasa m inan

1. iron (device for pressing clothes and applying heat to them)
2. press (device used to apply pressure)
3. press (printed media)

Derived terms

verbs

• prasowacz impf

 

Further reading

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “prasa”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎^[3], volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 5-6

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• presa

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German prësse. First attested in 1440.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /prasa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /prasa/

Noun

prasa f

1. press (device for squeezing wine, oil, etc.)
   • Template:RQ:zlw-opl:
   • 1440, rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza z rękopisu znajdującego się w zbiorach Biblioteki Klasztornej oo. Paulinów na Jasnej Górze pod sygn. II 25 z r. 1444, page 261v:

     Torcular est instrvmentum ad exprimendum vinum Invenitur eciam torculare in eodem sensu Et torcular […] vlg. prasza uel lisica po mazowiecku

     [-]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. mangle, wringer
   • 1898 [1495], Rocznik Krakowski, volume XVI, page 62:

     Torcular cum clausura al. prassa

     [Torcular cum clausura al. prasa]

Derived terms

verbs

• prasować impf

 

Descendants

• Masurian: prasa, presa
• Polish: prasa
  • → Kashubian: prasa
• Silesian: presa

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “prasa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “prasa”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “prasa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “prasa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “prasa”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish prasa. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from German Presse and French presse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpra.sa/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpra.sa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: pra‧sa

Noun

prasa f (related adjective prasowy)

2. (uncountable) press (printed media)
   1. (uncountable, collective) press (those working in such media collectively)
   2. (uncountable, collective) press (all institutions creating such media)
3. (countable) press (device used to apply pressure) [+ do (genitive) = for what]
   1. (countable) mangle, wringer [+ do (genitive) = for what]

      Synonyms: magiel, maglownica, prasowalnica

   2. (countable, obsolete) iron (device for pressing clothes)

      Synonym: żelazko

4. (obsolete, countable) crowd, throng

   Synonyms: ciżba, ścisk, tłok

Declension

Declension of prasa

	singular	plural
nominative	prasa	prasy
genitive	prasy	pras
dative	prasie	prasom
accusative	prasę	prasy
instrumental	prasą	prasami
locative	prasie	prasach
vocative	praso	prasy

Derived terms

verbs

• prasować impf

 

verbs

• mieć dobrą prasę impf
• mieć złą prasę impf
• wyjść spod prasy pf, wychodzić spod prasy impf

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: prasa

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), prasa is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 31 times in news, 18 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 68 times, making it the 950th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• prasa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• prasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “prasa”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Wiesław Morawski (11.07.2008) “PRASA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “prasa”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[4]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “prasa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[5]
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “prasa”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 973

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porsę (“piglet”), from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Cognate to Serbo-Croatian prase, Czech prase, Polish prosię, Slovene prašič, Bulgarian прасе́ (prasé), and Russian поросёнок (porosjónok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprasa/

Noun

prasa n (genitive singular prasaťa, nominative plural prasatá, prasce, genitive plural prasiat, prasiec, declension pattern of dievča)

1. pig

Declension

Declension of prasa

	singular	plural
nominative	prasa	prasatá, prasce
genitive	prasaťa	prasiat, prasiec
dative	prasaťu	prasatám, prascom
accusative	prasa	prasatá, prasce
locative	prasati	prasatách, prascoch
instrumental	prasaťom	prasatami, prascami

Derived terms

• prasací
• prasiatko

Further reading

• “prasa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Tetum

Etymology

From Portuguese praça.

Noun

prasa

1. town square
2. market