škraboška
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Škraboška (domino mask)
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech kraboška, itself from Proto-Slavic *kȏrbъ (“basket”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn around, curve”). [1]
Cognate with Czech krabice (“box”) and Czech krabatý (“visibly distorted, unpleasant”). Ultimately cognate with Latin corbis (“basket”), German Korb (“basket, creel”), Czech chrabrý (“brave, valiant”), and English sharp.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
škraboška f
- domino mask (a mask covering only the eyes and the space between them)
- eyemask (due to similar appearance commonly used)
- (dated) mask
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, translation Josef Václav Sládek, Act 2 Scene 2
- Škraboška noci zakrývá mi tvář,
- že není vidět, jak se červenám
- kvůli těm řečem, které's vyslechl.
- Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face;
- Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek
- For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night.
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, translation Josef Václav Sládek, Act 2 Scene 2
Declension
Declension of škraboška (hard feminine reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | škraboška | škrabošky |
| genitive | škrabošky | škrabošek |
| dative | škrabošce | škraboškám |
| accusative | škrabošku | škrabošky |
| vocative | škraboško | škrabošky |
| locative | škrabošce | škraboškách |
| instrumental | škraboškou | škraboškami |