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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *počvara, from *počvariti, from *čvariti, whence czwarzyć.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔˈt͡ʂfa.ra/
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: po‧czwa‧ra
Noun
poczwara f (diminutive poczwarka, related adjective poczwarny)
- (countable, fantasy, literary) monster (living creature with a terrifying appearance unlike any other known creature)
- Synonyms: monstrum, potwór
- (countable) monster (person distinguished from others by their particular ugliness)
- Synonym: potwór
- (colloquial, countable) monster (something that the speaker considers very ugly and disfiguring)
- Synonyms: brzydactwo, straszydło
- (uncountable) specter (event or phenomenon perceived as a threat or something that, although it has passed, has an impact on the current situation)
- Synonym: widmo
Declension
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References
Further reading
- poczwara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- poczwara in Polish dictionaries at PWN