kraboška

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Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kȏrbъ (“basket”).[1] Compare similar Serbo-Croatian шкрабица／škrabica (“mask”), крабонос／krabonos (“masked person”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkraboʃka/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkraboʃka/

Noun

kraboška f

  1. mask, domino mask
  2. demon of a terrifying face
  3. masquerade (an assembly or party of people wearing masks)

Declension

Declension of kraboška (hard a-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative kraboška krabošcě krabošky
genitive krabošky kraboškú krabošek
dative krabošcě kraboškama kraboškám
accusative krabošku krabošcě krabošky
vocative kraboško krabošcě krabošky
locative krabošcě kraboškú kraboškách
instrumental kraboškú kraboškama kraboškami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “škraboška”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 613

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