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препона (preponaf

  1. juncture between a hip and the groin

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Etymology edit

From Old Church Slavonic прѣпона (prěpona). Cognate with пина́ть (pinátʹ, to kick).

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препо́на (prepónaf inan (genitive препо́ны, nominative plural препо́ны, genitive plural препо́н)

  1. (archaic, literary) obstacle, hindrance, impediment
    Synonym: препя́тствие (prepjátstvije)
    ста́вить препо́н для рабо́тыstávitʹ prepón dlja rabótyto put obstacles to work (ie, to hinder work)

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References edit

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

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /prêpona/
  • Hyphenation: пре‧по‧на

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пре̏пона f (Latin spelling prȅpona)

  1. (usually in the plural) groin
  2. hurdle, obstacle

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