chmara

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See also: Chmara, chmarą, and Chmarą

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xmara.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: chma‧ra
  • Homophone: Chmara

Noun

chmara f

  1. swarm of flying insects
  2. flock of birds in flight
  3. (hunting) herd of deer, elk, or wisents
  4. swarm (large number of people or things)
  5. (obsolete or dialectal, Far Masovian) cloud

Declension

Declension of chmara
singular plural
nominative chmara chmary
genitive chmary chmar
dative chmarze chmarom
accusative chmarę chmary
instrumental chmarą chmarami
locative chmarze chmarach
vocative chmaro chmary

Numeral

chmara

  1. (Far Masovian) swarm; many, a lot
    Synonyms: dużo, wiele
    Chmara narodu była na jermarku. ― A swarm of people was at the fair.

Further reading

  • chmara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chmara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “chmara”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 104
  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “chmara”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 205
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