preja

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pręďa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛ̀ːja/, /prɛ́ːja/

Noun

prēja f

1. yarn

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	prêja
gen. sing.	prêje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	prêja	prêji	prêje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	prêje	prêj	prêj
dative (dajȃlnik)	prêji	prêjama	prêjam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	prêjo	prêji	prêje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	prêji	prêjah	prêjah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	prêjo	prêjama	prêjami

Further reading

• “preja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Old French preier, from Latin precārī. Cognate of Dutch praaien, German preien, English pray.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛja/
• Rhymes: -ɛja

Verb

preja (present prejar, preterite prejade, supine prejat, imperative preja)

1. (nautical) hail (call a ship in order to make it stop)
2. (figurative) ram (force a car off the road)

Conjugation

Conjugation of preja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	preja		prejas
Supine	prejat		prejats
Imperative	preja		—
Imper. plural1	prejen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	prejar	prejade	prejas	prejades
Ind. plural1	preja	prejade	prejas	prejades
Subjunctive2	preje	prejade	prejes	prejades
	Participles
Present participle	prejande
Past participle	prejad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• ramma

References

• preja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• preja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• preja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• preja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• preja in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)