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zadák

Pronunciation: [ˈzadaːk]

“zadák” is a Czech word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. defender, back
  2. full-back
  3. stern paddler
  4. catcher
  5. person who carried away products in the glass-works
  6. person in the back
  7. position of full-back
  8. stern
  9. the last raft in a row of rafts fastened together

Etymology

From zadní + -ák (omitting the original prefix -ní). The adjective zadní (“back”) comes from Proto-Slavic *zadъ (“back part”), which seems to be derived from the preposition *za (“behind”) and Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“put”).

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