deska

See also: deską

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъska.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛska]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

deska f (related adjective deskový, diminutive destička)

  1. board (relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction)
  2. plate, disk (flat, round/square piece of some material)
    fotografická deska ― photographic plate
  3. record, platter (device for recording sound and playing back on a record player)
    gramofonová deska ― phonograph record
  4. (historical) log, register
    zemské desky ― land registers
    dvorské desky ― court registers

Declension
Declension of deska (hard feminine mixed-reducible)
singular plural
nominative deska desky
genitive desky desek, desk1
dative desce deskám
accusative desku desky
vocative desko desky
locative desce deskách
instrumental deskou deskami

1Usually only when referring to land registers.

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

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish cka, deska, from Proto-Slavic *dъska, via Germanic from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Doublet of dysk (“disc, discus, disk”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.ka/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛska
  • Syllabification: des‧ka

Noun

deska f (diminutive deseczka, augmentative decha)

  1. board, plank (piece of wood)
    deska podłogowa ― floorboard
    deska elewacyjna ― clapboard
    deska do krojenia ― cutting board
    deska do krojenia chleba ― breadboard
    deska do prasowania ― ironing board
    deska rozdzielcza ― dashboard, instrument panel
    deska kreślarska ― drawing board
    deska sedesowa ― toilet seat
    deska ortopedyczna ― spineboard
  2. (sports, informal) skateboard, snowboard, surfboard or a similar sports item
    deska surfingowa ― surfboard
    deska windsurfingowa ― windsurf board
    deska snowboardowa ― snowboard
    deska wakeboardowa ― wakeboard
  3. plank (exercise)
  4. (derogatory, slang) ironing board (flat-chested woman)
  5. (chess, colloquial) chessboard
    Synonym: szachownica

Declension
Declension of deska
singular plural
nominative deska deski
genitive deski desek
dative desce deskom
accusative deskę deski
instrumental deską deskami
locative desce deskach
vocative desko deski

Further reading
  • deska in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • deska in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъska.

Noun

deska f (Cyrillic spelling деска)

  1. (Kajkavian) board
    Synonym: daska

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъska.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /də̀ska/, /dəská/

Noun

də̀ska or dəskȁ f

  1. board

Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. dèska
gen. sing. dèske
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 dèska dèski dèske
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 dèske dèsk dèsk
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 dèski dèskama dèskam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 dèsko dèski dèske
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 dèski dèskah dèskah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 dèsko dèskama dèskami

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • “deska”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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