prácě

See also: prace, Prace, prače, práče, Práče, prące, pracę, and práce

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porťa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpraːt͡si̯ɛ/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpraːt͡sɛ/

Noun

prácě f

hardship (state of mental or physical difficulty)
servitude (state of oppressive lack of freedom)
work, effort, labor
work (sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result)
work (product; the result of effort)
care (close attention; concern; responsibility)

Declension

Declension of prácě (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	prácě	práci	prácě
genitive	prácě	prácú	prácí, prác
dative	práci	prácěma	práciem
accusative	prácu	práci	prácě
vocative	práce	práci	prácě
locative	práci	prácú	práciech
instrumental	prácú	prácěma	prácěmi

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

Descendants

Czech: práce
→ Old Polish: praca
- Masurian: prác
- Polish: praca
  - → Kashubian: prôca
  - → Russian: пра́ца (práca)
  - → Slovincian: proca
- → Samogitian: (possibly via a Polish or Ruthenian intermediate) pruocė
- Silesian: prŏca
- → Old Ruthenian: пра́ца (práca)
  - Belarusian: пра́ца (práca)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: пра́ца (práca)
  - Ukrainian: пра́ця (prácja)
→ Kashubian: prôca
→ Slovincian: proca

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “prácě”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

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