poczwara
See also: poczwarą
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *počvara, from *počvariti, from *čvariti, whence czwarzyć.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔˈt͡ʂfa.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: po‧czwa‧ra
Noun
poczwara f (diminutive poczwarka, related adjective poczwarny)
- (countable, fantasy, literary) monster (living creature with a terrifying appearance unlike any other known creature)
- (countable) monster (person distinguished from others by their particular ugliness)
- Synonym: potwór
- (colloquial, countable) monster (something that the speaker considers very ugly and disfiguring)
- Synonyms: brzydactwo, straszydło
- (uncountable) specter (event or phenomenon perceived as a threat or something that, although it has passed, has an impact on the current situation)
- Synonym: widmo
Declension
Declension of poczwara
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | poczwara | poczwary |
| genitive | poczwary | poczwar |
| dative | poczwarze | poczwarom |
| accusative | poczwarę | poczwary |
| instrumental | poczwarą | poczwarami |
| locative | poczwarze | poczwarach |
| vocative | poczwaro | poczwary |
Related terms
adjectives
- poczwarkowaty
adverbs
- poczwarnie
nouns
- poczwarność
References
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “poczwara”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
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