potvora

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech potvora. po- + tvořit.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpotvora]
  • Hyphenation: po‧tvo‧ra

Noun

potvora f

  1. (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (with the meaning of: A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
  2. monster, horrible beast

Declension

References

  1. 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

  1. monster, horrible beast

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: potvora

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔtvɔra]

Noun

potvora f (genitive singular potvory, nominative plural potvory, genitive plural potvor, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (with the meaning of: A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
  2. 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
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