прелест
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian пре́лесть (prélestʹ) (Church Slavonic loanword), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *perlьstь (“allure”). Compare Old Church Slavonic прѣльсть (prělĭstĭ, “trickery, deceit, allure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprɛlɛst]
Noun
пре́лест • (prélest) f (relational adjective пре́лестен)
- (dated) allure, attractiveness, seductiveness
- Synonyms: примамли́вост (primamlívost), привлека́телност (privlekátelnost), обая́ние (obajánie)
- charm, enchantment
- Synonyms: чар (čar), ома́я (omája), съблазни́телност (sǎblaznítelnost)
- beauty, gorgeousness, splendor
- Synonyms: красота́ (krasotá), ху́бост (húbost), (dialectal) ле́пост (lépost), изя́щество (izjáštestvo)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пре́лест prélest |
пре́лести prélesti |
| definite | прелестта́ prelesttá |
пре́лестите prélestite |
Related terms
- лъст (lǎst, “allure”)
- прелъсти́тел m (prelǎstítel), прелъсти́телка f (prelǎstítelka, “seducer”)
References
- “прелест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “прелест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “прелест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 653
- “прѣльсть”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprɛlɛst]
Noun
прелест • (prelest) f