ofiara

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech ofěra, from Middle High German opfer, from Old High German opfar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈfja.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: o‧fia‧ra

Noun

ofiara f

1. victim
2. (religion) sacrifice (offering of material possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity as an act of propitiation or worship)
3. (colloquial, derogatory) blundered, oaf (clumsy or inept person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

Declension

Declension of ofiara

	singular	plural
nominative	ofiara	ofiary
genitive	ofiary	ofiar
dative	ofierze	ofiarom
accusative	ofiarę	ofiary
instrumental	ofiarą	ofiarami
locative	ofierze	ofiarach
vocative	ofiaro	ofiary

Derived terms

• ofiarny
• ofiarować

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: ахвя́ра (axvjára)
• → Ukrainian: офі́ра (ofíra)

Further reading

• ofiara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ofiara in Polish dictionaries at PWN