obrův

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Czech

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ob‧rův

Etymology 1

From obr +‎ -ův.

Adjective

obrův

  1. giant's
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

obrův

  1. (archaic) genitive plural of obr
    Synonym: obrů
    • 1854, Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic, chapter 35, in Cesta z Království Českého do Benátek, odtud do země Svaté, země Judské a dále do Egypta, a potom na horu Oreb, Sinai a Sv. Kateřiny v Pusté Arábii, volume I, Praha: Řivnáč:
      Hebron […] vykládá se „město obrův“, proto že v něm obrové velicí bydleli, kteréž synové Israelští pobili.
      Hebron is interpreted as a "city of giants", because big giants, who were killed by the sons of Israel, had lived in it.

Further reading

  • obrův”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

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