праща

See also: праша

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• пра́ща: IPA^(key): [ˈpraʃtɐ] (present indicative or aorist)
• праща́: IPA^(key): [prɐʃˈta] (aorist only)

Verb

пра́ща • (prášta)

1. third-person singular present indicative of пра́щам (práštam)

Verb

пра́ща or праща́ • (prášta or praštá)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of пра́щам (práštam)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of пра́щам (práštam)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed 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. (weaponry) sling

Declension

Declension of праща́ (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	праща́ praščá	пращи́ praščí
genitive	пращи́ praščí	праще́й praščéj
dative	праще́ praščé	праща́м praščám
accusative	пращу́ praščú	пращи́ praščí
instrumental	пращо́й, пращо́ю praščój, praščóju	праща́ми praščámi
prepositional	праще́ praščé	праща́х praščáx

Related terms

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

See also

• пра́ца (práca)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “праща”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress