prelep
very beautiful, gorgeous (here pre- intensifies praise)
очень красивый, красивейший; прекрасный (pre- здесь усиливает похвалу)
With stress
prȅlep
In Cyrillic
прелеп
Examples from the lessons
In phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
- SuperlativeManner & degree adverbsPrefixes on nouns and adjectivesShades of feeling and judgementSynonyms & antonyms
Appears in immersion pieces
London panorama from Greenwich Park · “Serbian Tuscany” and walks far from crowds · Belgrade airport and crowds of tourists · Not in heels: what to wear to Banjska Stena · A 50th Birthday Alone—and Life on the Road · A restaurant in a rock, no cards accepted, and an extra walk · Morning in Novi Pazar: breakfast, coffee, and locals · Flower season at the market: tips & buys · Standing on the Prime Meridian · Life from below: oven, closet, and fridge top · Resava Cave and the “concert hall” inside · Why village life beats the big city · Crystal-clear river and a crooked shepherd’s stick · Neighbor chat: garden and roses · The golden apple tree and the nine peahens · Beauty, but no people: a village fading
Next to it in the phrasebook
- rȅćito say, to tell
- kázatito tell, to say (something to someone) (perfective and imperfective)
- govòritito speak, to talk; to say (imperfective)
- vèlitito say (archaic and folk; alive mainly in the 3rd person: ‘he says’)
- napoménutito note, to remark (in passing, as a qualification; perfective…
- spoménutito mention (in passing; to stress is naglasiti)
- vȉdetito see (to watch deliberately is gledati)
- glȅdatito watch, to look at (to see is videti)
- posmátratito observe; to watch (closely)
- zúritito stare (zuriti, at: u + Acc.); to hurry (žuriti)