прга

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьrga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pr̩̂ɡa/, /př̩ːɡa/

Noun

пр̏га or пр́га f (Latin spelling pȑga or pŕga)

  1. a kind of gruel from grains
    • 1854, Marko Opačić, “Krajiška jela i pitja”, in Gospodarske Novine, volume 2, number 1, page 175:
      10. Prga. Najglavnija hrana lička jest prga. Ova se pravi, kad žita, makar kakvog (uzimiju obično ječam i zob), u pržnici (izgleda kao pekva i jest železna i šupljikava) popržiš, onda samelješ, u varenoj vodi mešajući zakuhaš i začiniš.
      10. Gruel. – the most important personal dish is gruel. It is made when you fry cereals of some kind (one usually takes barley or oats) in a skillet (it looks like a pan and is of iron and hollow), then mill it, cook it in boiling water stirring, and season it.

Declension

Declension of прга
singular
nominative прга
genitive прге
dative прги
accusative пргу
vocative прго
locative прги
instrumental пргом

References

  • “прга”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 4, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1971, published 1990, page 872b
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