postola

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Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

postola

  1. genitive plural of postol

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postolъ, *postola. Compare Slovene postol, Polish postół and Middle Ukrainian постола (postola).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /postǒla/
  • Hyphenation: pos‧to‧la

Noun

postòla f (Cyrillic spelling посто̀ла)

  1. (Croatia) shoe
    Synonym: cìpela
    • 1872, Mavro Vetranić, Stari pisci hrvatski: pjesme Mavra Vetranića Čavčića. Dio II.:
      Тој li mi neć podat postola jedan par, nećeš moć pozobat toj proso nikadar; i prie ćeš rastavit od tiela život tvoj, ner li ćeš probavit bez jada proso toj.
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    • 1964, Dinko Šimunović, Dragutin Rosandić, Pripovijetke:
      Kupi ti, Pričalo, sebi klobuk, a djeci postole, — reče krčmar. — Daj da pogodim koliko si dao! — Klobuk sam kupio za četiri banovca, a postole sam nosio prodati, ali ih nije htio niko da kupi, — reče i uze da ih opet ogleda.
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