poczwara

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See also: poczwarą

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *počvara, from *počvariti, from *čvariti, whence czwarzyć.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈt͡ʂfa.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: po‧czwa‧ra

Noun[edit]

poczwara f (diminutive poczwarka, related adjective poczwarny)

  1. (countable, fantasy, literary) monster (living creature with a terrifying appearance unlike any other known creature)
    Synonyms: monstrum, potwór
  2. (countable) monster (person distinguished from others by their particular ugliness)
    Synonym: potwór
  3. (colloquial, countable) monster (something that the speaker considers very ugly and disfiguring)
    Synonyms: brzydactwo, straszydło
  4. (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[edit]

Related terms[edit]

adjectives
adverbs
nouns

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “poczwara”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading[edit]

  • poczwara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • poczwara in Polish dictionaries at PWN