ponor

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See also: Ponor and ponoř

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian.

Noun

ponor (plural ponors)

  1. (geology) A natural surface opening associated with karst.
    • 1981, Petar T. Milanović, Karst hydrogeology, page 168:
      As long as the total capacity q of the spring is smaller than the total capacity q2 of the ponor, no flooding of the polje will occur.
    • 2004, John Gunn, Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, page 1283:
      The only permanent sea ponor in the world is the sea mill of Argostoli, located on Kefalonia Island in the Ionian Sea (Greece) (Glanz, 1965).
    • 2004, Petar Milanovic, Water Resources Engineering in Karst, page 22:
      Ponors are one of the symbol features of karst regions, and crucial features from a hydrogeological and geotechnical point of view.
    • 2018, Márton Veress, Glaciokarsts, page 203:
      The characteristic features of the ponors of glaciokarst mainly manifest in the fact that they were mostly formed in karstic depressions or in glacial erosional depressions.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ponořit.

Noun

ponor m inan

  1. (nautical) the depth between the water line and the bottom of a vessel's hull, the draught
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Etymology 2

Noun

ponor m inan

  1. (geology) ponor (natural surface opening associated with karst)
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Etymology 3

Noun

ponor m inan

  1. Oreocallis (genus of plants)
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Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

pōnor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of pōnō

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ponor m animal

  1. (obsolete) worm
    Synonyms: czerw, robak
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian ponor.

Noun

ponor m inan

  1. (geology) ponor (opening where surface water enters underground)
    Synonym: wchłon
Declension

Further reading

  • ponor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поноръ (ponorŭ), from Proto-Slavic *nora (abyss). Compare Bulgarian понор (ponor), Serbo-Croatian ponor.

Noun

ponor n (plural ponoare)

  1. steep slope, abyss
  2. (geology) ponor

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ponor ponorul ponoare ponoarele
genitive-dative ponor ponorului ponoare ponoarelor
vocative ponorule ponoarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ponorъ, from Proto-Slavic *nora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒnor/
  • Hyphenation: po‧nor

Noun

pònor m (Cyrillic spelling по̀нор)

  1. abyss

Declension

Further reading

  • ponor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024