Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
pradědeček. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
pradědeček, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
pradědeček in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
pradědeček you have here. The definition of the word
pradědeček will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
pradědeček, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Czech
Etymology
From pra- + dědeček.
Pronunciation
Noun
pradědeček m anim
- 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.
Declension
Declension of pradědeček (velar masculine animate reducible)
See also
Further reading
- “pradědeček”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pradědeček”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pradědeček”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)