dráha

See also: draha, Draha, Dráha, and drahá

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dráha, from Proto-Slavic *dorga.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdraːɦa]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

dráha f (diminutive drážka or drážička)

  1. track (for a race or exercise)
  2. lane (a division of a racetrack)
  3. trajectory
    Synonym: trajektorie
  4. railway (a transport system), railroad (the transportation system)
    Synonym: železnice

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001), “dráha”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 142

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dòrga.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈdraːɣa/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈdraːɦa/

    Noun

    dráha f

    1. (especially in the plural) road; path, especially one to find a pasture for cattle
    2. (especially in the plural) municipal pasture, common grazing area
    3. someone's territory
    4. road (specially designed area for walking or driving)
    5. course; track (direction of movement)

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Czech: dráha

    References

    Slovak

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /draːɦa/, [ˈdraːɦa]
    • Rhymes: -aːɦa
    • Hyphenation: drá‧ha

    Noun

    dráha f (relational adjective dráhový)

    1. track (for a race or exercise)
    2. (mechanics) trajectory (path of a body)
      Synonym: trajektória
    3. (obsolete) railway
      Synonym: železnica
    4. life path

    Declension

    Declension of dráha
    (pattern žena)
    singularplural
    nominativedráhadráhy
    genitivedráhydráh
    dativedráhedráham
    accusativedráhudráhy
    locativedráhedráhach
    instrumentaldráhoudráhami

    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, 2003–2026