dráha

See also: draha, Draha, and drahá

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dráha, from Proto-Slavic *dorga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdraːɦa]

Noun

dráha f

  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
Declension of dráha (hard feminine quant-alt)
singular plural
nominative dráha dráhy
genitive dráhy drah
dative dráze drahám, dráhám
accusative dráhu dráhy
vocative dráho dráhy
locative dráze drahách, dráhách
instrumental drahou, dráhou drahami, dráhami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • dráha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dráha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dráha in Internetová jazyková příručka

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
Declension of dráha (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative dráha drázě dráhy
genitive dráhy dráhú dráh
dative drázě dráhama dráhám
accusative dráhu drázě dráhy
vocative dráho drázě dráhy
locative drázě dráhú dráhách
instrumental dráhú dráhama dráhami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants
  • Czech: dráha

References

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdraːɦa]

Noun

dráha f (genitive singular dráhy, nominative plural dráhy, genitive plural dráh, declension pattern of žena)

  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
singular plural
nominative dráha dráhy
genitive dráhy dráh
dative dráhe dráham
accusative dráhu dráhy
locative dráhe dráhach
instrumental dráhou dráhami

Derived terms
  • dráhový

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, 2024
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