kratka

See also: kratką and krátká

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kreh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Latin crātislbor.

Polish krata

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish kratka

From krata + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrat.ka/

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• Rhymes: -atka
• Syllabification: krat‧ka

Noun

kratka f (diminutive krateczka)

1. diminutive of krata
2. #, number sign, hash, pound sign
3. plaid [with w (+ accusative) ‘plaid as an adjective’]

   Synonym: krata

   koszula w kratkę ― a plaid shirt

4. (anatomy, bodybuilding, colloquial, humorous) six-pack (highly developed set of abdominal muscles)

   Synonyms: kaloryfer, sześciopak

Declension

Declension of kratka

	singular	plural
nominative	kratka	kratki
genitive	kratki	kratek
dative	kratce	kratkom
accusative	kratkę	kratki
instrumental	kratką	kratkami
locative	kratce	kratkach
vocative	kratko	kratki

Derived terms

adverbs

• za kratkami
• za kratki

Further reading

• “kratka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kratka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

kratka (Cyrillic spelling кратка)

1. inflection of kratak:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural