deska

See also: deską

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der.

Latin discusbor.

Proto-West Germanic *diskbor.

Proto-Slavic *dъska

Old Czech dska

Czech deska

Inherited from Old Czech dska, from Proto-Slavic *dъska.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛska]

• Audio:

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Noun

deska f (relational adjective deskový, diminutive destička)

1. board (relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction)
2. plate, disk (flat, round/square piece of some material)

   fotografická deska ― photographic plate

   tektonická deska ― tectonic plate

3. record, platter (device for recording sound and playing back on a record player)

   gramofonová deska ― phonograph record

4. (historical) log, register

   zemské desky ― land registers

   dvorské desky ― court registers

Declension

Declension of deska (hard feminine mixed-reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	deska	desky
genitive	desky	desek, desk1
dative	desce	deskám
accusative	desku	desky
vocative	desko	desky
locative	desce	deskách
instrumental	deskou	deskami

¹Usually only when referring to land registers.

Further reading

• “deska”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “deska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “deska”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Polish

Alternative forms

• dezka (Central Greater Poland)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der.

Latin discusbor.

Proto-West Germanic *diskbor.

Proto-Slavic *dъska

Old Polish deska

Polish deska

Inherited from Old Polish deska, from Proto-Slavic *dъska. Doublet of dysk (“disc, discus, disk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛska
• Syllabification: des‧ka

Noun

deska f (diminutive deseczka, augmentative decha)

1. board, plank (piece of wood)

   deska podłogowa ― floorboard

   deska elewacyjna ― clapboard

   deska do krojenia ― cutting board

   deska do krojenia chleba ― breadboard

   deska do prasowania ― ironing board

   deska rozdzielcza ― dashboard, instrument panel

   deska kreślarska ― drawing board

   deska sedesowa ― toilet seat

   deska ortopedyczna ― spineboard

   1. (Łowicz) side plank of a cart
   2. (Łowicz) plank connecting the plowshare with the legs
   3. (Łowicz, weaving) sitting board of a weaving workshop
   4. (Łowicz, spinning) resting board (board of a spinning wheel on which the posts with the coil and the distaff are placed)
   5. (Łowicz, Rulice, Marywil, Skaratki, Bocheń, spinning) leg board of a spinning wheel
2. (sports, informal) skateboard, snowboard, surfboard or a similar sports item

   deska surfingowa ― surfboard

   deska windsurfingowa ― windsurf board

   deska snowboardowa ― snowboard

   deska wakeboardowa ― wakeboard

3. plank (exercise)
4. (derogatory, slang) ironing board (flat-chested woman)
5. (chess, colloquial) chessboard

   Synonym: szachownica

Declension

Declension of deska

	singular	plural
nominative	deska	deski
genitive	deski	desek
dative	desce	deskom
accusative	deskę	deski
instrumental	deską	deskami
locative	desce	deskach
vocative	desko	deski

Derived terms

adverb

• do grobowej deski

Further reading

• “deska”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “deska”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Halina Świderska (1929), “deska”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 94

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъska.

Noun

deska f (Cyrillic spelling деска)

1. (Kajkavian) board

   Synonym: daska

Further reading

• “deska”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika [Dictionary of the Croatian Kajkavian literary language] (in Serbo-Croatian), https://kajkavski.hr, 1984–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъska. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də̀ska/, /dəská/

Noun

də̀ska or dəskȁ f

1. board

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	dèska
gen. sing.	dèske
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	dèska	dèski	dèske
genitive (rodȋlnik)	dèske	dèsk	dèsk
dative (dajȃlnik)	dèski	dèskama	dèskam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	dèsko	dèski	dèske
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	dèski	dèskah	dèskah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	dèsko	dèskama	dèskami

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “deska”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026