прах

From Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-.

• IPA^(key): [prax]

прах • (prah) m (related adjective пра́шен, diminutive пра́хче)

1. dust; powder

   прахове́ за главобо́лие ― prahové za glavobólie ― headache powders (medicine)

   мир на праха́ му ― mir na prahá mu ― may he rest in peace

• прах in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• прах in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)

• прахъ (prax) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-. Doublet of по́рох (pórox), the inherited East Slavic form.

• IPA^(key): [prax]

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• Rhymes: -ax

прах • (prax) m inan (genitive пра́ха, nominative plural пра́хи, genitive plural пра́хов)

1. (poetic) dust, earth
2. (of the dead) ashes, remains

   мир пра́ху его́ ― mir práxu jevó ― may he rest in peace

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “прах”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

From Proto-Slavic *porxъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pers-.

• IPA^(key): /prâːx/

пра̑х m (Latin spelling prȃh)

1. (uncountable) powder