otka

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech otka. By surface analysis, deverbal from otknout (“to detach, to separate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈotka]
• Hyphenation: ot‧ka
• Rhymes: -otka

Noun

otka f

1. an instrument for cleaning a plowshare

   Synonym: botka

   Otkou seškrábal nalepenou hlínu z radlice.

   He scraped off the dirt from the plowshare by an "otka".

Declension

Declension of otka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	otka	otky
genitive	otky	otek
dative	otce	otkám
accusative	otku	otky
vocative	otko	otky
locative	otce	otkách
instrumental	otkou	otkami

Further reading

• “otka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “otka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “otka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

otka f

1. an instrument for cleaning a plowshare

Declension

Declension of otka (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	otka	otcě	otky
genitive	otky	otkú	otek
dative	otcě	otkama	otkám
accusative	otku	otcě	otky
vocative	otko	otcě	otky
locative	otcě	otkú	otkách
instrumental	otkú	otkama	otkami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: otka

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “otka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění