Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Hungarian pohár via Slovak, originating from Late Latin bicarium (cup),[1] possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). Cognate with German Becher.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈpoɦaːr]

Noun

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pohár m inan

  1. cup (trophy)
  2. cup (contest)

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References

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  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “pohár”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

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  • pohár in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pohár in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

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pohár

Etymology

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From Old High German pehhari (cup), from Late Latin bicarium (cup), possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pohár (plural poharak)

  1. glass (a drinking vessel)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pohár poharak
accusative poharat poharakat
dative pohárnak poharaknak
instrumental pohárral poharakkal
causal-final pohárért poharakért
translative pohárrá poharakká
terminative pohárig poharakig
essive-formal pohárként poharakként
essive-modal
inessive pohárban poharakban
superessive poháron poharakon
adessive pohárnál poharaknál
illative pohárba poharakba
sublative pohárra poharakra
allative pohárhoz poharakhoz
elative pohárból poharakból
delative pohárról poharakról
ablative pohártól poharaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
poháré poharaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
poháréi poharakéi
Possessive forms of pohár
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. poharam poharaim
2nd person sing. poharad poharaid
3rd person sing. pohara poharai
1st person plural poharunk poharaink
2nd person plural poharatok poharaitok
3rd person plural poharuk poharaik

Derived terms

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Compound words
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Descendants

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  • Polish: puchar
  • Romanian: pahar
  • Slovak: pohár

Further reading

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  • pohár in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Slovak

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Etymology

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Derived from Hungarian pohár, from Old High German pehhari, from Late Latin bicarium, possibly from bacarium, or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos).

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Noun

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pohár m inan (genitive singular pohára, nominative plural poháre, genitive plural pohárov, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. glass (a drinking vessel)
  2. (sports) cup

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • pohár”, 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