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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golota.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ho‧lo‧ta
Noun
holota f
- (collective) the poor (poor people)
- (collective, derogatory) riffraff, rabble
Declension
Declension of holota (sg-only hard feminine)
Noun
holota m anim
- (archaic) dog handler
- Synonyms: psovod, psář
Declension
Declension of holota (masculine animate in -a)
Further reading
- “holota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “holota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “holota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golota.
Noun
holota f
- (collective) the poor (poor people)
References
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “holota”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC