kraboška

Old Czech

Alternative forms

škraboška

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kȏrbъ (“basket”). Compare similar Serbo-Croatian шкрабица／škrabica (“mask”), крабонос／krabonos (“masked person”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkraboʃka/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkraboʃka/

Noun

kraboška f

mask, domino mask
demon of a terrifying face
masquerade (an assembly or party of people wearing masks)

Declension

Declension of kraboška (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kraboška	krabošcě	krabošky
genitive	krabošky	kraboškú	krabošek
dative	krabošcě	kraboškama	kraboškám
accusative	krabošku	krabošcě	krabošky
vocative	kraboško	krabošcě	krabošky
locative	krabošcě	kraboškú	kraboškách
instrumental	kraboškú	kraboškama	kraboškami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Czech: škraboška
Knaanic: קְרַבוֹשְקְא (kraboška)
→ Polish: kraboszka (learned)

References

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kraboška”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Machek, Václav (1968) “škraboška”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 613
Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “škraboška”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 666

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