пресный

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old East Slavic прѣснъ (prěsnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *prěsnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prḗˀskas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprʲesnɨj]
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Adjective

пре́сный • (présnyj) (comparative (по)пресне́е or (по)пресне́й)

  1. sweet, fresh (water)
  2. unleavened (bread)
  3. tasteless (food)
  4. stale, insipid, vapid

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Derived terms

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пресный”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пресный”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 65
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