proca

See also: procą, próca, prôca, and prŏca

Latin

Verb

procā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of procō

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish proca, from Proto-Slavic *porťa. By surface analysis, prać +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sa
• Syllabification: pro‧ca

Noun

proca f (related adjective (rare) procowy or (obsolete) procny)

1. sling (projectile weapon)
2. sling (bandage)

Declension

Declension of proca

	singular	plural
nominative	proca	proce
genitive	procy	proc
dative	procy	procom
accusative	procę	proce
instrumental	procą	procami
locative	procy	procach
vocative	proco	proce

Derived terms

adjectives

• procowaty

nouns

• procarz
• procnik

Related terms

adjectives

• procarski

Further reading

• “proca”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “proca”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “proca”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.?

Proto-Slavic *portiti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-jāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ja

Proto-Slavic *porťa

Old Czech prácěbor.

Old Polish praca

Middle Polish prácabor.

Slovincian proca

Borrowed from Middle Polish práca. Compare Kashubian prôca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sa
• Syllabification: pro‧ca

Noun

proca f

1. work; job

Derived terms

adjectives

• procôwaty
• procôwjity

verbs

• procôwać impf

Related terms

adverbs

• procôwatô
• procôwjitô

nouns

• procôwatôsc
• procôwjitôsc
• procôwnjica
• procôwnjictwô
• procôwnjik

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912), “prǻu̯că”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 854