proca

procā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of procō

Inherited from Old Polish proca, from Proto-Slavic *porťa. By surface analysis, prać +‎ -ca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sa
• Syllabification: pro‧ca

proca f (related adjective (rare) procowy or (obsolete) procny)

1. sling (projectile weapon)
2. sling (bandage)

• proca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• proca in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “proca”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Borrowed from Middle Polish práca. Compare Kashubian prôca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sa
• Syllabification: pro‧ca

proca f

1. work; job

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “prǻu̯că”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 854