pracka

See also: praćka, pračka, práčka, and prácka

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus

Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús

Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s)

Proto-Indo-European *-yōsder.

Proto-Indo-European *-isō

Proto-Hellenic *-ihō

Ancient Greek -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn)

Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn)

Latin brachium, bracchium

Italian braccio

German Pratzebor.

Czech pracka

Borrowed from German Pratze, from Italian braccio (“arm”), from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Doublet of preclík.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprat͡ska]

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• Rhymes: -atska
• Hyphenation: prac‧ka

Noun

pracka f (diminutive pracička or pracinka)

1. paw (soft foot of an animal)

   Synonyms: packa, tlapa

2. (colloquial) hand

   Synonym: ruka

Declension

Declension of pracka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	pracka	pracky
genitive	pracky	pracek
dative	pracce	prackám
accusative	pracku	pracky
vocative	pracko	pracky
locative	pracce	prackách
instrumental	prackou	prackami

Derived terms

• Bratrstvo kočičí pracky

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

pracka c

1. a red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator, especially the female

   Synonym: småskrake

Declension

Declension of pracka

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pracka	prackas
	definite	prackan	prackans
plural	indefinite	prackor	prackors
	definite	prackorna	prackornas

See also

• pracka på

References

• “pracka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “pracka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “pracka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• pracka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)