пропаст

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *propastь, formed as про- (pro-) +‎ паст (past). In modern Bulgarian, паст (past) has developed the meaning gorge, maw (where food falls into), however, originally it would have meant downfall, drop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔpɐst]

Noun

про́паст • (própast) f

1. chasm, abyss

   Synonym: бездна (bezdna)

2. steep dale, downslope, depression (geological formation)

Declension

Declension of про́паст

	singular	plural
indefinite	про́паст própast	про́пасти própasti
definite	пропастта́ propasttá	про́пастите própastite

Related terms

• паде́ние (padénie, “fall, disgrace”)
• падина́ (padiná, “depression”)
• пад (pad, “drop”)
  • за́пад (západ, “west, direction of falling”)
  • на́пад (nápad, “attack, assault”)
  • спа́д (spád, “drop”)
  • разпа́д (razpád, “decay, disintegration”)
• падък (padǎk) (obsolete)
  • припа́дък (pripádǎk, “seizure, fainting”)
  • пропа́дък (propádǎk, “downgrade, collapse”)
  • упа́дък (upádǎk, “decline, degradation”)
• паст (past, “gorge, maw”)
  • на́паст (nápast, “nuisance, scourge”)

References

• “пропаст”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пропаст”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• паспорт (pasport)

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *propastь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔpast]
• Hyphenation: про‧паст

Noun

пропаст • (propast) f

1. chasm, abyss

   Synonym: бездна (bezdna)

2. (figurative) antagonism
3. downfall, devastation, destruction, collapse, doom
4. doom, death

Declension

Declension of пропаст

	singular	plural
indefinite	пропаст	пропасти
definite unspecified	пропаста	пропастите
definite proximal	—	пропастиве
definite distal	—	пропастине
vocative	пропаст	пропасти

References

• “пропаст” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *propastь.

Noun

про̏па̄ст f (Latin spelling prȍpāst)

1. collapse
2. destruction
3. downfall
4. damnation

Declension

Declension of пропаст

	singular	plural
nominative	пропаст	пропасти
genitive	пропасти	пропасти
dative	пропасти	пропастима
accusative	пропаст	пропасти
vocative	пропасти	пропасти
locative	пропасти	пропастима
instrumental	пропашћу	пропастима

Further reading

• “пропаст”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024