drak

See also: -drak-, Dräk, and dråk

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrak]
• Hyphenation: drak
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

drak m anim (female equivalent dračice or saň, related adjective dračí)

1. dragon
2. (derogatory) bad and violent person (especially a woman)
3. (heraldry) wyvern
4. kite (flying toy on string)

Declension

Declension of drak (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	drak	draci
genitive	draka	draků
dative	drakovi, draku	drakům
accusative	draka	draky
vocative	draku	draci
locative	drakovi, draku	dracích
instrumental	drakem	draky

Noun

drak m inan

1. glider
2. aircraft chassis

Declension

Declension of drak (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	drak	draky
genitive	draku	draků
dative	draku	drakům
accusative	drak	draky
vocative	draku	draky
locative	draku	dracích
instrumental	drakem	draky

Derived terms

• dračice
• dračí
• drakův
• dráček

 

Further reading

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

Danish

Verb

drak

1. past of drikke

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: drak
• Homophones: Drak, drag

Noun

drak f

1. genitive plural of draka

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [drak]

Noun

drak m animal (genitive singular draka, nominative plural draky, genitive plural drakov)

1. dragon

   Synonym: šarkan

Declension

Declension of drak

	singular	plural
nominative	drak	draky
genitive	draka	drakov
dative	drakovi	drakom
accusative	draka	draky
locative	drakovi	drakoch
instrumental	drakom	drakmi

Noun

drak m pers (genitive singular draka, nominative plural draci, genitive plural drakov)

1. (figurative, expressive) violent person

Declension

Declension of drak

	singular	plural
nominative	drak	draci
genitive	draka	drakov
dative	drakovi	drakom
accusative	draka	drakov
locative	drakovi	drakoch
instrumental	drakom	drakmi

References

• “drak”, 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

Volapük

Noun

drak (nominative plural draks)

1. dragon

Declension

declension of drak

	singular	plural
nominative	drak	draks
genitive	draka	drakas
dative	drake	drakes
accusative	draki	drakis
vocative 1	o drak!	o draks!
predicative 2	draku	drakus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only