pradědeček

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Czech

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Etymology

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From pra- +‎ dědeček.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpraɟɛdɛt͡ʃɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃɛk
  • Hyphenation: pra‧dě‧de‧ček

Noun

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pradědeček m anim

  1. great-grandfather

Usage notes

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Additional prefixes pra- can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. Thus the Czech expression for the father of someone's great-grandfather is prapradědeček (great-great-grandfather), the expression for his father is praprapradědeček (great-great-grandfather) and so on.

Declension

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See also

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Further reading

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  • pradědeček in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pradědeček in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pradědeček in Internetová jazyková příručka