próg

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See also: prog, Prog, prog., and prōg

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ. Doublet of poroh.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uk
  • Syllabification: próg

Noun

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próg m inan (diminutive prożek, related adjective progowy)

  1. (architecture) threshold, doorstep, doorsill (outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home)
  2. (architecture) threshold (entrance; the door or gate of a house)
  3. (figurative) threshold (outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action)
  4. (music) fret (one of the pieces of metal, plastic, or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played)
    Synonym: bont
  5. (Near Masovian) certain part of a plough

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • próg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • próg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • próg in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “próg”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 367