πρόκα

Greek

Alternative forms

μπρόκα (bróka) — rare or obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian brocca; likely back-formed in Greek from accusative singular την πρόκα (tin próka) which was rebracketed from earlier τη μπρόκα (ti bróka).^[1]

Noun

πρόκα • (próka) f (plural πρόκες)

tack, brad
metal or wooden headless shoe nail, sparable
(figuratively) hint
πετάω πρόκες ― petáo prókes ― to throw out hints

Declension

Declension of **πρόκα**
	singular	plural
nominative	πρόκα (próka)	πρόκες (prókes)
genitive	πρόκας (prókas)	—
accusative	πρόκα (próka)	πρόκες (prókes)
vocative	πρόκα (próka)	πρόκες (prókes)

Synonyms

(tack): καρφάκι n (karfáki)

Descendants

→? Albanian: prokë^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Krimpas, Panagiotis G. (2021) “It’s all Greek to me: Missed Greek Loanwords in Albanian”, in Open Journal for Studies in Linguistics, volume 4, number 1 (published online), Belgrade: Center for Open Access in Science, →DOI, →ISSN, 3.2c, page 30 of 23–34: “prokë”

[Krimpas-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Krimpas, Panagiotis G. (2021) “It’s all Greek to me: Missed Greek Loanwords in Albanian”, in Open Journal for Studies in Linguistics, volume 4, number 1 (published online), Belgrade: Center for Open Access in Science, →DOI, →ISSN, 3.2c, page 30 of 23–34: “prokë”

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