Drahách

Drahách is the locative plural form of the Czech feminine noun dráha, which means a path, track, route, or orbital path. The locative plural drahách is used after prepositions that govern the locative case, such as na, po, o, or v, to indicate location on or along tracks, routes, or orbits. It appears in descriptive, scientific, and technical contexts as well as in everyday speech when referring to something being located on or along a path or orbit.

In everyday language, dráha can denote a physical path or route, such as a trail or a course. In astronomy and physics, it refers to the trajectory of a moving body, for example an orbit. The form drahách is therefore common in phrases like na drahách or po drahách (on or along the tracks or orbital paths) and in discussions o drahách (about the paths).

In astronomy, the concept of dráha is central to describing how bodies move, with oběžná dráha meaning an orbital path around a central body. When speaking about multiple such paths or about locations on them, drahách is the appropriate locative plural form, as in na drahách Země kolem Slunce.

Etymology: Dráha derives from Old Czech and Proto-Slavic roots meaning path or way. The locative plural drahách is formed by adding the standard locative plural ending -ách to the stem drah-.

See also: dráha, oběžná dráha, trať.