škraboška

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]

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃkraboʃka]

škraboška f

1. domino mask (a mask covering only the eyes and the space between them)
2. eyemask (due to similar appearance commonly used)
3. (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.

• “škraboška”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “škraboška”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “škraboška”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025