prema

From premo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈprema]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: pre‧ma

prema (accusative singular preman, plural premaj, accusative plural premajn)

1. pressure (used attributively)

13th century. From an earlier premia, from premer (“to press”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾema̝/

prema f (plural premas)

1. (law) compulsion or obligation to do
   • 1325, Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 402:

     Sabbaian quantos esta carta virem commo eu Gonçalvo Lorenço Rector da Eglesia de Tortoreos non constregudo per fforça nen enduzudo por enganno mays de meu plazer e de myna boa voentade e ssen prema nenhuna [...]

     Everyone that reads this charter should know this: I, Gonçalvo Lorenço, rector of the church of Tortóreos, not drawn by force or induced by deceit but because of my own pleasure and goodwill and free of any compulsion [...]

• apremar

• “prema” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “prema” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “prema” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “prema” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

prema

1. inflection of premer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: prè‧ma

prema

1. inflection of premere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• rampe

prema

1. inflection of premer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• prem (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

prema f (plural premas)

1. (Sursilvan) prune

• (Rumantsch Grischun) primbla, (Vallader) brümbla
• (Sursilvan) zuesca, (Sutsilvan) zvetga
• (Sutsilvan) paloja, (Puter) paloga
• (Puter) prüna

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prěmъ, *pręmъ.

• IPA^(key): /prêma/
• Hyphenation: pre‧ma

prȅma (Cyrillic spelling пре̏ма)

1. towards, at (in the direction of) [+dative]

   Idem prema kući. ― I'm going toward the house.

2. opposite (= nàprema, nȁprem) [+dative]

   S(j)edni prema meni. ― Sit opposite me.

   Stajali su jedan prema drugome. ― They were standing opposite one another.

3. (+ dative case or locative case) by, according to, in accordance with (= nàprema, nȁprem)

   prema tome ― therefore

   prema mom mišljenju ― in my opinion

   prema našim potrebama ― according to our needs

   prema jelovniku ― à la carte

4. in comparison with, compared to (= nàprema, nȁprem) [+dative]

   Prema njemu, svi smo mi amateri. ― Compared to him, we are all amateurs.

5. to, towards, for, of (of feelings and affection) (= nàprema, nȁprem) [+dative]

   ljubav prema d(j)eci ― love for the children

   Budi dobar prema njoj. ― Be kind to her.

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