Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *pręsti (to spin). The archaic meaning to step gently is due to Proto-Slavic *prędati (to leap).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

преда́ (predá) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. to spin (textiles)
  2. to purr
  3. (archaic) to step gently

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • преда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • преда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “преда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 634

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /prêda/
  • Hyphenation: пре‧да

Preposition edit

пре̏да (Latin spelling prȅda)

  1. Alternative form of пре̏д.