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obora.

cowshed, cowhouse, byre (building for keeping animals)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɔˈbɔ.ra//ɔˈbɔ.ra/Middle, Polish[ɔˈbɔ.ra][ɔˈbɔ.ra]

  1. cowshed, cowhouse, byre (building for keeping animals) cowshed, cowhouse (building for specifically cattle)

    feminine

  2. cowshed, cowhouse, byre (building for keeping animals) shed (place of residence of people)

    Middle · Polish · feminine · figuratively

  3. cowshed, cowhouse, byre (building for keeping animals) God's flock

    Middle · Polish · feminine · figuratively

  4. cowshed, cowhouse, byre (building for keeping animals) synonym of innowiercy

    Middle · Polish · derogatory · feminine · figuratively

  5. livestock kept in such a building

    feminine · metonymically

  6. purebred cattle breeding center

    feminine

  7. synonym of podwórze cowyard (part of the yard where the cattle stand)

    feminine

  8. synonym of podwórze dump (fenced or dug-out area for dumping cattle, horse etc. manure)

    feminine

  9. chopping area (fenced place on a river for cutting down trees in plenica)

    feminine · obsolete

  10. breeding-ground (land estate belonging to a lord, where cattle and horses were bred and seized movable property, cattle, etc. were kept)

    Middle · Polish · feminine

  11. hut; tent

    Middle · Polish · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi Proto-Balto-Slavic *ab Proto-Slavic *o(b)der. Proto-Slavic *o(b)- Proto-Indo-European *werH-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *wérˀtei Proto-Slavic *verti Proto-Slavic *obvertideverb. Proto-Slavic *obòra Old Polish obora Polish obora Inherited from Old Polish obora. By surface analysis, deverbal from obewrzeć.

noun/ɔˈbɔ.ra//ɔˈbɔ.ra/Middle, Polish[ɔˈbɔ.ra][ɔˈbɔ.ra]

  1. string for tying a lapti to a leg

    Lithuania · dialectal · feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obora (“string”).

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