bohater
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See also: bòhater
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian богати́р (bohatýr), from Old East Slavic богатꙑрь (bogatyrĭ), from a Turkic language, probably Khazar. First attested in 1606. Doublet of bogatyr. Compare Kyrgyz баатыр (baatır), Mongolian баатар (baatar) and Persian بهادر (bahâdor).
Pronunciation
Noun
bohater m pers (female equivalent bohaterka)
- hero (person of great bravery)
- Synonym: heros
- wojenny bohater ― a hero warrior
- bohater narodowy ― a national hero
- bohater powstania ― a hero of an uprising
- bohater rewolucji ― a hero of a revolution
- bohater wojny ― a war hero
- bohaterowie pól bitewnych ― battlefield heroes
- składać hołd bohaterom ― to honor heroes
- bohater dnia ― the man of the hour/the hero of the day
- antyczny bohater ― an antique hero
- mitologiczny bohater ― a mythological hero
- mityczny bohater ― a mythical hero
- (film, literature, narratology) character, protagonist
- Synonyms: postać (character), protagonista (protagonist)
- główny bohater ― the main character
- tytułowy bohater ― title character
- filmowy bohater ― a film character
- bohater literacki ― a literary character
- pierwszoplanowy bohater ― the protagonist
- telewizyjny bohater ― a TV character
- bohater baśni ― the protagonist of a fairy tale
- bohater dramatu ― the protagonist of a drama
- bohater powieści ― the protagonist of a novel
- bohater utworu ― the protagonist of a piece of work
- bohater filmu ― the protagonist of a movie
- bohater książki ― the protagonist of a book
- bohater epopei/eposu ― the protagonist of an epic
- bohater serialu ― the protagonist of a series
- dzieje bohatera ― the history of a character
- losy bohatera ― the fate of a character
- przygody bohatera ― the adventures of a character
- śledzić losy bohaterów ― to follow the fate of the characters
Declension
Declension of bohater
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bohater | bohaterowie/bohaterzy |
| genitive | bohatera | bohaterów |
| dative | bohaterowi | bohaterom |
| accusative | bohatera | bohaterów |
| instrumental | bohaterem | bohaterami |
| locative | bohaterze | bohaterach |
| vocative | bohaterze | bohaterowie/bohaterzy |
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References
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “bohater”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- ^ Krystyna Siekierska (29.10.2009) “BOHATYR, BOHATER, BOHATERZ, BOATER”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]