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pris•iad•ka
(pris yäd′kə),USA pronunciation n.
- Music and Dancea 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.
- Ukrainian prýsyadka, formed in a parallel manner from prysísty to squat
- Russian prisyádka, equivalent. to prisyad-, variant stem of prisést’ to squat (pri- verb, verbal prefix, here marking action done incompletely or temporarily + sest’ to sit down, akin to sit1) + -ka noun, nominal suffix; or
- 1935–40
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