pàra

pàra Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `steam'

Church Slavic:

para `steam' [f ā]

Russian:

par `steam' [m o]

Ukrainian:

pára `steamy field, evaporation' [f ā]

Czech:

pára `steam' [f ā]

Slovak:

para `steam' [f ā]

Polish:

para `steam' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

pȁra `steam' [f ā];

Čak. pȁra (Vrgada, Orbanići) `steam' [f ā]

Slovene:

pȃra `steam, vapour, soul (of an animal)' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

pára `steam' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: pōrh₁-eh₂

Comments: If this reconstruction is correct, the acute must have been adopted from forms where the laryngeal was preserved.

Other cognates:

Gk. πίμπρημι `kindle, burn, blow' [verb]