kmotr

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kmo‧tr

Noun

kmotr m anim (female equivalent kmotra)

  1. godfather

Declension

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)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of ojciec chrzestny (godfather)
  2. (archaic) friend; companion

Declension

Derived terms

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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