rataj
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech rataj, from Proto-Slavic *òrtajь. By surface analysis, orat + -aj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrataj]
Noun
rataj m anim
Declension
Declension of rataj (soft masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rataj | ratajové |
| genitive | rataje | ratajů |
| dative | ratajovi, rataji | ratajům |
| accusative | rataje | rataje |
| vocative | rataji | ratajové |
| locative | ratajovi, rataji | ratajích |
| instrumental | ratajem | rataji |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rataj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “rataj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “rataj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *òrtajь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈra.taj/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Southern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /ˈra.taj/
- (Masovia):
- (Far Masovian) IPA(key): /ˈra.taj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ataj
- Syllabification: ra‧taj
- Homophone: Rataj
Noun
rataj m pers
- (agriculture, historical) farmer, farmhand (earner working for a landowner)
- (Far Masovian) ox assistant (farmhand who helps with oxen)
- (obsolete or dialectal, Southern Greater Poland) ploughman
- Synonym: oracz
Declension
Declension of rataj
Derived terms
adjective
- ratajski
Related terms
verb
- orać impf
Further reading
- rataj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “rataj”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 120
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “rataj”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 31