праця

See also: праца

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish praca, which was borrowed from Czech práce. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *porťa (“work, deed”), from *portiti (“to send”) + *-ja.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈprat͡sʲɐ]

Noun

пра́ця • (prácja) f inan (genitive пра́ці, nominative plural пра́ці)

1. work, labor

References

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “праця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “праця”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka