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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech potvora. po- + tvořit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: po‧tvo‧ra
Noun
potvora f
- (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (with the meaning of: A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
- monster, horrible beast
Declension
Declension of potvora (hard feminine)
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “potvora”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 492
Further reading
- potvora in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- potvora in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- potvora in Internetová jazyková příručka
Old Czech
Etymology
From potvořiti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpotʋora/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpotvora/
Noun
potvora f
- monster, horrible beast
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
potvora f (genitive singular potvory, nominative plural potvory, genitive plural potvor, declension pattern of žena)
- (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (with the meaning of: A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
- monster, horrible beast
Declension
References
- “potvora”, 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, 2024