straka

See also: Straka and strąka

Czech

Straka

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech straka, from Proto-Slavic *sorka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstraka]
• Hyphenation: stra‧ka

Noun

straka f (related adjective stračí)

1. magpie

Declension

Declension of straka (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	straka	straky
genitive	straky	strak
dative	strace	strakám
accusative	straku	straky
vocative	strako	straky
locative	strace	strakách
instrumental	strakou	strakami

Derived terms

adjective

• strakatý

 

nouns

• stračena
• strakapoud
• strakatost

 

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sorka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstraka]

Noun

straka f (related adjective stračí)

1. magpie

Declension

Declension of straka (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	straka	straky
genitive	straky	strák
dative	strake	strakám
accusative	straku	straky
locative	strake	strakách
instrumental	strakou	strakami

Further reading

• “straka”, 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, 2003–2024