pradědeček

Czech

Etymology

From pra- +‎ dědeček.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpraɟɛdɛt͡ʃɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃɛk
  • Hyphenation: pra‧dě‧de‧ček

Noun

pradědeček m anim

  1. great-grandfather

Usage notes

Additional prefixes pra- can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. Thus the Czech expression for the father of someone's great-grandfather is prapradědeček (“great-great-grandfather”), the expression for his father is praprapradědeček (“great-great-grandfather”) and so on.

Declension

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See also

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