dráha
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This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dráha, from Proto-Slavic *dorga.
Pronunciation
Noun
dráha f
- track (for a race or exercise)
- lane (a division of a racetrack)
- trajectory
- Synonym: trajektorie
- railway (a transport system), railroad (the transportation system)
- Synonym: železnice
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- drážka f
Further reading
- dráha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- dráha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- dráha in Internetová jazyková příručka
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga.
Pronunciation
Noun
dráha f
- (especially in the plural) road; path, especially one to find a pasture for cattle
- (especially in the plural) municipal pasture, common grazing area
- someone's territory
- road (specially designed area for walking or driving)
- course; track (direction of movement)
Declension
Declension of dráha (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dráha | drázě | dráhy |
| genitive | dráhy | dráhú | dráh |
| dative | drázě | dráhama | dráhám |
| accusative | dráhu | drázě | dráhy |
| vocative | dráho | drázě | dráhy |
| locative | drázě | dráhú | dráhách |
| instrumental | dráhú | dráhama | dráhami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: dráha
References
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “dráha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga.
Pronunciation
Noun
dráha f (genitive singular dráhy, nominative plural dráhy, genitive plural dráh, declension pattern of žena)
- track (for a race or exercise)
- (mechanics) trajectory (path of a body)
- Synonym: trajektória
- (obsolete) railway
- Synonym: železnica
- life path
Declension
Declension of dráha
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dráha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024