Probably from Pepa, or derived from formerly used name of the disease: "Progressive Paralysis" abbreviated as P.P. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- IPA(key): [ˈpɛpka]
- Hyphenation: pep‧ka
pepka f
- (informal) stroke (loss of brain function)
- Synonym: mrtvice
- Klepla ho pepka. ― He had a stroke.
Declension of pepka (hard feminine reducible)
- “pepka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “pepka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989