прям - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prěmъ / *pramъ (cf. Serbo-Croatian пре̏ма / пра̏ма (“albeit, towards”)), reinforced at a later time by Russian прямо́й (prjamój) (from a regional variant *pręmъ).

• IPA^(key): [prʲa̟m]
• Rhymes: -am

прям • (prjam) (adverb пря́мо, abstract noun прямота́)

1. straightforward, direct
2. frontal, positioned straight ahead
3. (figurative) frank, sincere, honest (of answer, opinion)
4. (figurative) open, candid, outspoken (of person or attitude)

• прямо- (prjamo-)
  • прямоду́шие (prjamodúšie)
  • прямоми́слие (prjamomíslie)
• пря́мен (prjámen) (obsolete), спря́мен (sprjámen, “prearranged, prepared”)

• “прям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “прям”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “прям”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 839
• “прѣмьн҄ь”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

• IPA^(key): [prʲam]

прям • (prjam)

1. short masculine singular of прямо́й (prjamój)

прям • (prjam)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of пря́мо (prjámo)