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prisiadka
[ pris-yahd-kuh ]
/ prɪsˈyɑd kə /
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noun
a step in Slavic folk dancing in which the dancer squats on the haunches and kicks out each foot alternately; the characteristic step of the kazachok.
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Origin of prisiadka
1935–40; <Russian prisyádka, equivalent to prisyad-, variant stem of priséstʾ to squat (pri- v. prefix, here marking action done incompletely or temporarily + sestʾ to sit down, akin to sit1) + -ka noun suffix; or <Ukrainian prýsyadka, formed in a parallel manner from prysÃsty to squat
Words nearby prisiadka
prisage, Priscian, Priscilla, prise, prisere, prisiadka, prism, prismatic, prismatic compass, prismatic layer, prismatic telescope
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How to use prisiadka in a sentence
The count took the landlord by the throat, and ordered him to dance the prisiadka.
A Russian Proprietor|Lyof N. Tolstoi