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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
kmotr m anim (female equivalent kmotra)
- godfather
Declension
Declension of kmotr (hard masculine animate)
Further reading
- “kmotr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kmotr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish kmotr, from Proto-Slavic *kъmotrъ.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔtr
- Syllabification: kmotr
Noun
kmotr m pers (female equivalent kmocha or kmotra, related adjective kmotrowski)
- (archaic) Synonym of ojciec chrzestny (“godfather”)
- (archaic) friend; companion
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- kmotr in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “KMOTR”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (12.07.2008) “KMOTR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “kmotr”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna