прищя

Etymology
Unclear. Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary lists three hypotheses:
 * Related to dial. 🇨🇬 (< ), perhaps a cognate to 🇨🇬;
 * Per M. Račeva: Possibly from, akin to 🇨🇬;
 * Denominal causative-iterative from dialectal (< ), as in ;

Compare further 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to halt, to impel, to constrain

Usage notes
The base form itself is rarely used. The derivatives are commonly attested.