škraboška

Czech

Škraboška (domino mask)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kraboška, itself from Proto-Slavic *kȏrbъ (“basket”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn around, curve”).

Cognate with Czech krabice (“box”) and Czech krabatý (“visibly distorted, unpleasant”). Ultimately cognate with Latin corbis (“basket”), German Korb (“basket, creel”), Czech chrabrý (“brave, valiant”), and English sharp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃkraboʃka]

Noun

škraboška f

1. domino mask (a mask covering only the eyes and the space between them)
2. eyemask (due to similar appearance commonly used)
3. (dated) mask
   • William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, translation Josef Václav Sládek, Act 2 Scene 2

     Škraboška noci zakrývá mi tvář,

     že není vidět, jak se červenám

     kvůli těm řečem, které's vyslechl.

      

     Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face;

     Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek

     For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night.

Declension

Declension of škraboška (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	škraboška	škrabošky
genitive	škrabošky	škrabošek
dative	škrabošce	škraboškám
accusative	škrabošku	škrabošky
vocative	škraboško	škrabošky
locative	škrabošce	škraboškách
instrumental	škraboškou	škraboškami

Further reading

• “škraboška”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “škraboška”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “škraboška”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)