potvora

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech potvora. po- +‎ tvořit.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpotvora]
  • Hyphenation: po‧tvo‧ra

Noun

potvora f

  1. (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (with the meaning of: A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
  2. monster, horrible beast

Declension
Declension of potvora (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative potvora potvory
genitive potvory potvor
dative potvoře potvorám
accusative potvoru potvory
vocative potvoro potvory
locative potvoře potvorách
instrumental potvorou potvorami

References
  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “potvora”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 492

Further reading
  • potvora in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • potvora in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • potvora in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

From potvořiti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpotʋora/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpotvora/

Noun

potvora f

  1. monster, horrible beast

Declension
Declension of potvora (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative potvora potvořě potvory
genitive potvory potvorú potvor
dative potvořě potvorama potvorám
accusative potvoru potvořě potvory
vocative potvoro potvořě potvory
locative potvořě potvorú potvorách
instrumental potvorú potvorama potvorami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants
  • Czech: potvora

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔtvɔra]

Noun

potvora f (genitive singular potvory, nominative plural potvory, genitive plural potvor, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (with the meaning of: A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
  2. monster, horrible beast

Declension
Declension of potvora
singular plural
nominative potvora potvory
genitive potvory potvor
dative potvore potvorám
accusative potvoru potvory
locative potvore potvorách
instrumental potvorou potvorami

References
  • “potvora”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.