Praha
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech Praha, earlier origin is contested; compare Czech pražit (“(land cleared by) burning”) or práh (“threshold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpraɦa]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Praha f (relational adjective pražský, demonym Pražan or (informal) Pražák, female demonym Pražanka)
- Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
Declension
Proper noun
Praha m anim (female equivalent Prahová)
- a male surname transferred from the place name
Declension
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: Praha
Further reading
- “Praha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Praha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Praha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɑhɑ/, [ˈprɑɦɑ]
Proper noun
Praha
- Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɑhɑ/, [ˈprɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
- Syllabification(key): Pra‧ha
- Hyphenation(key): Pra‧ha
Proper noun
Praha
- Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
Declension
| Inflection of Praha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Praha | — | |
| genitive | Prahan | — | |
| partitive | Prahaa | — | |
| illative | Prahaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Praha | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Praha | — |
| gen. | Prahan | ||
| genitive | Prahan | — | |
| partitive | Prahaa | — | |
| inessive | Prahassa | — | |
| elative | Prahasta | — | |
| illative | Prahaan | — | |
| adessive | Prahalla | — | |
| ablative | Prahalta | — | |
| allative | Prahalle | — | |
| essive | Prahana | — | |
| translative | Prahaksi | — | |
| abessive | Prahatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Lithuanian
Proper noun
Praha f
- Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /prahə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /praha/
- Rhymes: -ahə, -hə, -ə
Proper noun
Praha
- Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Czech Praha (“Prague”), from práh (“threshold”), from Old Czech práh (“threshold”), from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold, doorstep”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɑːha/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːha
- Hyphenation: Pra‧ha
Proper noun
Praha
- Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
- Praha har helt siden middelalderen vært et naturlig kommunikasjons- og handelssentrum
- Since the Middle Ages, Prague has been a natural center of communication and trade
Derived terms
- prager
- pragerskinke
- pragerstein
References
- “Praha” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams
Old Czech
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Praha f (relational adjective pražský, demonym Pražěnín or Pražák)
- Prague
- Prague Castle
Declension
Descendants
- Czech: Praha
- → Slovak: Praha
- Knaanic: פרגא (prga)
- → Old Polish: Praga
- Sorbian:
- → Latin: Praga
- → Arabic: [script needed] (frāga), [script needed] (farāga)
Proper noun
Praha m pers
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Praha (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Praha | Prazě | Prahy |
| genitive | Prahy | Prahú | Prah |
| dative | Prazě | Prahama | Prahám |
| accusative | Prahu | Prazě | Prahy |
| vocative | Praho | Prazě | Prahy |
| locative | Prazě | Prahú | Prahách |
| instrumental | Prahú | Prahama | Prahami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Praha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech Praha, from Old Czech Praha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpraɦa/
Proper noun
Praha f (genitive singular Prahy, declension pattern of žena)
- Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Praha |
| genitive | Prahy |
| dative | Prahe |
| accusative | Prahu |
| locative | Prahe |
| instrumental | Prahou |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Praha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Ukrainian
Etymology
Proper noun
Práha
Declension
- Nominative - Praha
- Genitive - Prahy
- Dative - Prazi
- Accusative - Prahu
- Instrumental - Prahoju
- Locative - Prazi
- Vocative - Praho
References
poselitisie (here is an example with this word) in Svoja.org. - Slovnik