pradědeček

Czech

Etymology

pra- +‎ dědeček

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpraɟɛdɛt͡ʃɛk]
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃɛk
• Hyphenation: pra‧dě‧de‧ček

Noun

pradědeček m anim

1. great-grandfather

Usage notes

Additional prefixes pra- can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. Thus the Czech expression for the father of someone's great-grandfather is prapradědeček (“great-great-grandfather”), the expression for his father is praprapradědeček (“great-great-grandfather”) and so on.

See also

• prababička

Further reading

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