trocha

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See also: trochã

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trocha.

Noun

trocha (plural trochas)

  1. (military, Latin America) A line of fortifications, usually rough, constructed to prevent the passage of an enemy across a region.

Anagrams

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech trocha, from Proto-Slavic *troxa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: tro‧cha

Noun

trocha f

  1. a little, bit
    Nemáš ještě trochu tabáku?Do you have a little tobacco left?

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *troxa. First attested in the beginning of the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /trɔxa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /trɔxa/

Noun

trocha f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) a little (small amount)
    • 1880-1894 [Middle of the 15th century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume V, page 280:
      Est etiam mundus locus incultus propter raritatem et paucitatem, prze rzathkocz a throchą, virtutum
      [Est etiam mundus locus incultus propter raritatem et paucitatem, prze rzadkoć a trochę, virtutum]
    • Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie, Krakow, page 4a:
      Tedy vøcz Maria gest bila suego sinka porodila y *gescy gy ona f gasly na trochø szana bila polosila
      [Tedy więc Maryja jest była swego synka porodziła i jesci ji ona w jasły na trochę siana była położyła]

Derived terms

adverb

Descendants

  • Polish: trocha

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “trocha”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish trocha.

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -ɔxa
  • Syllabification: tro‧cha

Noun

trocha f

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Kociewie, Malbork) small amount

Declension

Further reading

  • trocha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “trocha”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 747

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾot͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -otʃa
  • Syllabification: tro‧cha

Noun

trocha f (plural trochas)

  1. trail, narrow path
  2. (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)

Further reading