obława

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Etymology

From an East Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *obloviti.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: ob‧ła‧wa

Noun

obława f (diminutive obławka)

  1. (hunting) battue, hunt (form of hunting)
    Synonym: nagonka
  2. (law enforcement) dragnet, manhunt (efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects)
  3. (Central Greater Poland) sand drift

Declension

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • obława in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • obława in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “obławy”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21