ostoja

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See also: ostoją and Ostoja

Finnish

Noun

ostoja

  1. partitive plural of osto

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostoja. By surface analysis, deverbal from ostać (się).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈstɔ.ja/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔja
  • Syllabification: o‧sto‧ja
  • Homophone: Ostoja

Noun

ostoja f

  1. mainstay, prop, support
    Synonym: opoka
    • 1996, Andrzej Walicki, Marksizm i skok do królestwa wolności: Dzieje komunistycznej utopii‎, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, archived from the original on 2022-11-20, page 350:
      Aczkolwiek było to cyniczne z punktu widzenia hasła o potrzebie „sojuszu robotniczo-chłopskiego”, Lenin pragnął posłużyć się kapitalizmem państwowym — jego formami organizacyjnymi i technologią — w celu wyeliminowania chłopów jako najliczniejszej warstwy drobnych wytwórców towarowych i głównej ostoi gospodarki rynkowej.
      Although it was cynical from the point of view of the slogan about the need for a "workers' and peasants' alliance", Lenin longed to make use of state capitalism — its organizational forms and technology — with the goal of eliminating the peasants as the most numerous stratum of small producers of goods and the main support of the market economy.
    • 2021 December 26, Rusłan Szoszyn, “30 lat po upadku ZSRR Gorbaczow mówi jak Putin o gwarancjach dla Rosji”, in Rzeczpospolita‎, archived from the original on 2021-12-26:
      Napis pod godłem: „Związek Radziecki ostoją pokoju”
      The inscription under the emblem: "The Soviet Union, the mainstay of peace"
  2. (ecology) refugium
    Synonym: refugium
  3. witch alder (Fothergilla spp.)
    Synonym: fotergilla

Declension

Declension of ostoja
singular plural
nominative ostoja ostoje
genitive ostoi ostoi
dative ostoi ostojom
accusative ostoję ostoje
instrumental ostoją ostojami
locative ostoi ostojach
vocative ostojo ostoje

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Further reading

  • ostoja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ostoja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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