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prisiadka
[ pris-yahd-kuh ]
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of prisiadka1
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 sit 1 ) + -ka noun suffix; or < Ukrainian prýsyadka, formed in a parallel manner from prysísty to squat
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Example Sentences
The count took the landlord by the throat, and ordered him to dance the prisiadka.
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