пряспа

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *persъpa, originally a resultant noun of пря- (prja-) +‎ си́пя (sípja, “to pour, to strew”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пре̏спа, Ukrainian пере́спа (peréspa) and further akin to Polish zaspa (“snowdrift”), wyspa (“island”), Ukrainian за́спа (záspa, “dike”), ви́спа (výspa, “island”), Russian по́спа (póspa, “nozzle”) (dialectal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprʲa̟spɐ]

Noun

пря́спа • (prjáspa) f

1. drift (particularly snowdrift)

   Synonyms: нанос (nanos), навей (navej)

   пря́спа сняг ― prjáspa snjag ― snowdrift

Declension

Declension of пря́спа

	singular	plural
indefinite	пря́спа prjáspa	пре́спи préspi
definite	пря́спата prjáspata	пре́спите préspite

Alternative forms

• пре́спа (préspa) — dialectal

Related terms

• сип (sip) (obsolete)
  • и́зсип (ízsip, “pouring”) (dialectal)
  • за́сип (zásip, “casting, embankment”) (dialectal)
  • на́сип (násip, “dike, embankment”)
  • о́сип (ósip, “papule”) (dialectal)
  • ра́зсип (rázsip, “strewing”) (dialectal)
  • по́сип (pósip, “casting”)
• о́спа (óspa, “smallpox”) (dated)

References

• “пряспа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пряспа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пряспа, преспа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 840