pracka

See also: praćka, pračka, and práčka

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pratze, from Italian braccio (“arm”), from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Doublet of preclík.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprat͡ska]
• Rhymes: -atska
• Hyphenation: prac‧ka

Noun

pracka f

1. paw (soft foot of an animal)

   Synonyms: packa, tlapa

2. (colloquial) hand

   Synonym: ruka

Declension

Declension of pracka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	pracka	pracky
genitive	pracky	pracek
dative	pracce	prackám
accusative	pracku	pracky
vocative	pracko	pracky
locative	pracce	prackách
instrumental	prackou	prackami

Derived terms

• Bratrstvo kočičí pracky

 

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

pracka c

1. a red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator, especially the female

   Synonym: småskrake

Declension

Declension of pracka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pracka	prackan	prackor	prackorna
Genitive	prackas	prackans	prackors	prackornas

See also

• pracka på

References

• pracka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pracka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pracka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• pracka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)