opora

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See also: oporá and oporą

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *opora. By surface analysis, deverbal from opřít.

Pronunciation

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Noun

opora f

  1. support
    poskytovat oporuto provide support
    nalézt oporuto find support
    získat oporuto get a foothold

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Further reading

  • opora”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • opora”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • opora”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b)pora. By surface analysis, deverbal from oprzeć. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔpɔra/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔpɔra/

Noun

opora f

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland, hapax) benefit; advantage
    • 1895 [Fifteenth century], Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich. Kodeks Działyńskich I, Lesser Poland, page 3:
      Przeto... z dobrym rozmyslem dla pokoyv pospolnego y opory kosczelney, mocza szlvbv obv stron vkladamy myedzy panem krolem a tesz byskvpem
      [Przeto... z dobrym rozmysłem dla pokoju pospolnego i opory kościelnej, mocą ślubu obu stron układamy miedzy panem krolem a też biskupem]

Descendants

  • Polish: opora

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “opór”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “opora”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish opora. By surface analysis, deverbal from oprzeć.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔra
  • Syllabification: o‧po‧ra

Noun

opora f

  1. (archaic) support (that on which something rests)
  2. (archaic) obstacle (that which is in the way)
    Synonym: przeszkoda

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

opora

  1. inflection of opor:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural