kraboška
Old Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kȏrbъ (“basket”).[1] Compare similar Serbo-Croatian шкрабица / škrabica (“mask”), крабонос / krabonos (“masked person”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kraboška f
- mask, domino mask
- demon of a terrifying face
- masquerade (an assembly or party of people wearing masks)
Declension
[edit]Declension of kraboška (hard a-stem reducible)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kraboška | krabošcě | krabošky |
| genitive | krabošky | kraboškú | krabošek |
| dative | krabošcě | kraboškama | kraboškám |
| accusative | krabošku | krabošcě | krabošky |
| vocative | kraboško | krabošcě | krabošky |
| locative | krabošcě | kraboškú | kraboškách |
| instrumental | kraboškú | kraboškama | kraboškami |
Descendants
[edit]- Czech: škraboška
- Knaanic: קְרַבוֹשְקְא (kraboška)
- → Polish: kraboszka (learned)
References
[edit]- ^ Machek, Václav (1968), “škraboška”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 613
Further reading
[edit]- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “kraboška”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “škraboška”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 666