tratwa

Polish

Alternative forms

• tratew (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *drībaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Germanic *-þiz

Proto-Germanic *driftiz

Middle High German trift

Old Polish trafta, trawta, tryfta

Polish tratwa

Inherited from Old Polish trafta, trawta, tryfta, from Middle High German trift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz. Doublet of dryf (“drift, leeway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtra.tfa/

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• Rhymes: -atfa
• Syllabification: tra‧twa

Noun

tratwa f (diminutive tratewka)

1. raft

Declension

Declension of tratwa

	singular	plural
nominative	tratwa	tratwy
genitive	tratwy	tratw/tratew
dative	tratwie	tratwom
accusative	tratwę	tratwy
instrumental	tratwą	tratwami
locative	tratwie	tratwach
vocative	tratwo	tratwy

Further reading

• “tratwa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “tratwa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)