dwór
Lower Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
- dwor (superseded)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *dvòrъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dwór m inan (diminutive dwórk)
- court (residence of a sovereign etc.; collective body of the retinue of a sovereign etc.; formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign)
- courtyard
- manor, estate
- farmstead, homestead
Declension edit
Declension of dwór
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dwór”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dwór”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dvòrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dwára (“doorway”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwór-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door”). Doublet of forum (“forum”), a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dwór m inan (diminutive dworek, augmentative dworzyszcze)
- court, mansion (residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary)
- courtyard
- Synonym: dziedziniec
- manor
- (singular only) outside
- Synonym: pole
Usage notes edit
The locative singular form dworzu is proscribed.
Declension edit
Declension of dwór
Derived terms edit
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