Praha

Inherited from Old Czech Praha, earlier origin is contested; compare Czech pražit (“(land cleared by) burning”) or práh (“threshold”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpraɦa]

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Praha f (related adjective pražský, demonym Pražan or (informal) Pražák, female demonym Pražanka)

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

Praha m anim (female equivalent Prahová)

1. a male surname transferred from the place name

• Norwegian Bokmål: Praha

• “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)

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑhɑ/, [ˈprɑɦɑ]

Praha

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

From Czech Praha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑhɑ/, [ˈprɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Pra‧ha

Praha

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

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.

Possessive forms of Praha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Prahani — accusative nom. Prahani — gen. Prahani genitive Prahani — partitive Prahaani — inessive Prahassani — elative Prahastani — illative Prahaani — adessive Prahallani — ablative Prahaltani — allative Prahalleni — essive Prahanani — translative Prahakseni — abessive Prahattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Prahasi — accusative nom. Prahasi — gen. Prahasi genitive Prahasi — partitive Prahaasi — inessive Prahassasi — elative Prahastasi — illative Prahaasi — adessive Prahallasi — ablative Prahaltasi — allative Prahallesi — essive Prahanasi — translative Prahaksesi — abessive Prahattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Prahamme — accusative nom. Prahamme — gen. Prahamme genitive Prahamme — partitive Prahaamme — inessive Prahassamme — elative Prahastamme — illative Prahaamme — adessive Prahallamme — ablative Prahaltamme — allative Prahallemme — essive Prahanamme — translative Prahaksemme — abessive Prahattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Prahanne — accusative nom. Prahanne — gen. Prahanne genitive Prahanne — partitive Prahaanne — inessive Prahassanne — elative Prahastanne — illative Prahaanne — adessive Prahallanne — ablative Prahaltanne — allative Prahallenne — essive Prahananne — translative Prahaksenne — abessive Prahattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Prahansa — accusative nom. Prahansa — gen. Prahansa genitive Prahansa — partitive Prahaansa — inessive Prahassaan Prahassansa — elative Prahastaan Prahastansa — illative Prahaansa — adessive Prahallaan Prahallansa — ablative Prahaltaan Prahaltansa — allative Prahalleen Prahallensa — essive Prahanaan Prahanansa — translative Prahakseen Prahaksensa — abessive Prahattaan Prahattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Praha f

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

From Czech Praha.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /prahə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /praha/
• Rhymes: -ahə, -hə, -ə

Praha

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑːha/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːha
• Hyphenation: Pra‧ha

Praha

1. 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

• “Praha” in Store norske leksikon

• harpa

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpraɣa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpraɦa/

Praha f (related adjective pražský, demonym Pražěnín or Pražák)

1. Prague
2. Prague Castle

• Czech: Praha
  • → Slovak: Praha
• Knaanic: פרגא (prga)
• → Old Polish: Praga
  • Polish: Praga
  • Silesian: Praga
• Sorbian:
  • → Lower Sorbian: Praga
  • → Upper Sorbian: Praha
• → Latin: Praga
  • → Middle French: Prague
    • French: Prague
    • → English: Prague
• → Arabic: [script needed] (frāga), [script needed] (farāga)

Praha m pers

1. a surname

• 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

Borrowed from Czech Praha, from Old Czech Praha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpraɦa/

Praha f (genitive singular Prahy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

• Pražan
• pražský

• “Praha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024