prak

See also: Prak, -prak, and -prak-

Albanian

Noun

prak m

1. Alternative form of prag

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech prak, from Proto-Slavic *porkъ. Related to prát, přít.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprak]
• Hyphenation: prak
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

prak m inan

1. sling (weapon)

Declension

Declension of prak (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	prak	praky
genitive	praku	praků
dative	praku	prakům
accusative	prak	praky
vocative	praku	praky
locative	praku	pracích
instrumental	prakem	praky

Further reading

• prak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• prak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• prak in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porkъ. Related to Polish proca, itself akin to Russian праща́ (praščá), Bulgarian пра́шка (práška), Slovene prača, Serbo-Croatian праћа/praća. Perhaps related to práca (“work, labour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prak]

Noun

prak m inan (genitive singular praku, nominative plural praky, genitive plural prakov, declension pattern of dub)

1. sling (weapon)

Declension

Declension of prak

	singular	plural
nominative	prak	praky
genitive	praku	prakov
dative	praku	prakom
accusative	prak	praky
locative	praku	prakoch
instrumental	prakom	prakmi

Derived terms

• prakový

Further reading

• “prak”, 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, 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish frac, from French frac, from English frock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾak/, [ˈpɾak]
• Hyphenation: prak

Noun

prak (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜃ᜔)

1. frock
2. tailcoat

References

• “prak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018