škraboška

== Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech kraboška, itself from Proto-Slavic *kȏrbъ (“basket”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn around, curve”). Cognate with Czech krabice (“box”) and Czech krabatý (“visibly distorted, unpleasant”). Ultimately cognate with Latin corbis (“basket”), German Korb (“basket, creel”), Czech chrabrý (“brave, valiant”), and English sharp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃkraboʃka] === Noun === škraboška f domino mask (a mask covering only the eyes and the space between them) eyemask (due to similar appearance commonly used) (dated) mask William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, translation Josef Václav Sládek, Act 2 Scene 2 Škraboška noci zakrývá mi tvář, že není vidět, jak se červenám kvůli těm řečem, které's vyslechl. Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face; Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Synonym: maska ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== === Further reading === “škraboška”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “škraboška”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “škraboška”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026