potvora
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech potvora. po- + tvořit.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
potvora f
- (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (with the meaning of: A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
- monster, horrible beast
Declension edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
Old Czech edit
Etymology edit
From potvořiti.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
potvora f
Declension edit
Declension of potvora (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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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 |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: potvora
Further reading edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “potvora”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
potvora f (genitive singular potvory, nominative plural potvory, genitive plural potvor, declension pattern of žena)
- (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (with the meaning of: A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
- monster, horrible beast
Declension edit
Declension of potvora
References edit
- “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