prisiadka
[ pris-yahd-kuh ]
/ prɪsˈyɑd kə /
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.
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
prysísty to squat
Words nearby prisiadka
prisage,
priscian,
priscilla,
prise,
prisere,
prisiadka,
prism,
prism bar,
prism binocular,
prism diopter,
prism spectrometer
Example sentences from the Web for prisiadka
The count took the landlord by the throat, and ordered him to dance the prisiadka.
A Russian Proprietor |Lyof N. Tolstoi