pomsta

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See also: pomstą

Czech

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Etymology

From po- +‎ msta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: po‧msta

Noun

pomsta f

  1. revenge
    Synonyms: msta, odplata

Declension

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

  1. (dated) revenge, vengeance (retaliatory action)
    Synonyms: odwet, zemsta
  2. (Kuyavia) curse, imprecation
    Synonym: złorzeczenie

Declension

Derived terms

verb
verbs

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

  1. revenge

Declension

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