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

1. mask, domino mask
2. demon of a terrifying face
3. 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)

Further reading

• 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
• Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “škraboška”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 666