prsnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

According to Matasovic, generalized in meaning from prskati (to splash, sprinkle, squirt). Similar sense development could be found in Proto-Celtic *madyeti (to break, burst).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pr̂snuti/
  • Hyphenation: prs‧nu‧ti

Verb

pȑsnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling пр̏снути)

  1. (intransitive) to blow up, explode
  2. (intransitive) to crack, snap, split, break, burst

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • nàprsnuti
  • ràsprsnuti

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mad-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251-52
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