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 *dorga.

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): [ˈdraːɦa]

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, 2003–2025