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Czech
Etymology
From po- + msta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: po‧msta
Noun
pomsta f
- revenge
- Synonyms: msta, odplata
Declension
Declension of pomsta (hard feminine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pomsta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pomsta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pomsta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Polish
Etymology
Deverbal from pomścić.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔmsta
- Syllabification: po‧msta
Noun
pomsta f
- (dated) revenge, vengeance (retaliatory action)
- Synonyms: odwet, zemsta
- (Kuyavia) curse, imprecation
- Synonym: złorzeczenie
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- pomsta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pomsta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Józef Bliziński (1860) “pomsta”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 629
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “pomsta”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
Slovak
Etymology
From earlier pomstva, po- + msta, from Proto-Slavic *mьstь.
Pronunciation
Noun
pomsta f
- revenge
Declension
Declension of
pomsta (pattern
žena)
Further reading
- “pomsta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024