pradědeček

Czech

Etymology

From pra- +‎ dědeček.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpraɟɛdɛt͡ʃɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃɛk
  • Hyphenation: pra‧dě‧de‧ček

Noun

pradědeček m anim

  1. great-grandfather

Usage notes

Additional prefixes pra- can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. Thus the Czech expression for the father of someone's great-grandfather is prapradědeček (“great-great-grandfather”), the expression for his father is praprapradědeček (“great-great-grandfather”) and so on.

Declension

Declension of pradědeček (velar masculine animate reducible)
singular plural
nominative pradědeček pradědečkové, pradědečci
genitive pradědečka pradědečků
dative pradědečkovi, pradědečku pradědečkům
accusative pradědečka pradědečky
vocative pradědečku pradědečkové, pradědečci
locative pradědečkovi, pradědečku pradědečcích
instrumental pradědečkem pradědečky

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