obora

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See also: Obora, oborą, Oborą, ôbora, and òbòra

Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech obora, from Proto-Slavic *obòra (“enclosure”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

obora f

  1. game reserve

Declension[edit]

Declension of obora (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative obora obory
genitive obory obor
dative oboře oborám
accusative oboru obory
vocative oboro obory
locative oboře oborách
instrumental oborou oborami

Descendants[edit]

  • → Slovak: obora
  • → Slovene: obọ̑ra (tonal orthography)

Further reading[edit]

  • obora in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • obora in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • obora in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obòra (“enclosure”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈobora/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈobora/

Noun[edit]

obora f

  1. enclosure (system of walls enclosing some space in its perimeter)
  2. enclosure (fenced land for free breeding of animals)
  3. game reserve
  4. whole, summary; complex

Declension[edit]

Declension of obora (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative obora obořě obory
genitive obory oború obor
dative obořě oborama oborám
accusative oboru obořě obory
vocative oboro obořě obory
locative obořě oború oborách
instrumental oború oborama oborami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obòra (“enclosure”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔbɔra/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔbɔra/

Noun[edit]

obora f

  1. animal enclosure (fenced area (with or without a building) where pets are kept)
    • 1950 [1428], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 2879:
      Jacom ya nye wiwarl bidla s Barnathowi obori
      [Jakom ja nie wywarł bydła z Barnatowy obory]
  2. breeding-ground (land estate belonging to a lord, where cattle and horses were bred and seized movable property, cattle, etc. were kept)
    • 1879 [1416], Jan Tadeusz Lubomirski, editor, Księga ziemi czerskiej 1404-1425. Liber terrae Cernensis‎[1], Czersk, page 88:
      Pacosz yanl panoszø mego y sz konem... y kon do kxanszey obory dal
      [Pakosz jął panoszę mego i z koniem... y koń do księżej obory dał]

Related terms[edit]

nouns

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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obora

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish obora.

Noun[edit]

obora f (diminutive obórka, related adjective oborowy)

  1. cowshed, cowhouse, byre (building for keeping animals)
  2. (metonymically) livestock kept in such a building
  3. purebred cattle breeding center
  4. (Middle Polish) breeding-ground (land estate belonging to a lord, where cattle and horses were bred and seized movable property, cattle, etc. were kept)
  5. (Middle Polish) hut; tent
Declension[edit]
Declension of obora
singular plural
nominative obora obory
genitive obory obór
dative oborze oborom
accusative oborę obory
instrumental oborą oborami
locative oborze oborach
vocative oboro obory
Derived terms[edit]
verbs

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

obora f

  1. (obsolete or regional) string for tying a lapti to a leg
    • 1854, Adam Pług (Antoni Pietkiewicz), Zagon rodzinny : zbiór obrazków, gawęd i fraszek rymowanych i nierymowanych‎[2], [3], volume 1, page 46:
      Ubrany był w krótką płócienną kapotę z mosiężnym guzikami, w takież szarawary i w łapcie z rzemiennymi oborami.
      He was dressed in a short linen greatcoat with brass buttons and these galligaskins and around his laptis were rawhide strings.
Declension[edit]
Declension of obora
singular plural
nominative obora obory
genitive obory obór
dative oborze oborom
accusative oborę obory
instrumental oborą oborami
locative oborze oborach
vocative oboro obory

Further reading[edit]

  • obora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • obora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “obora”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “OBORA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 07.05.2010
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “obora”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[4]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “obora”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[5]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “obora”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[6] (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 494

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Czech obora,[1] from Proto-Slavic *obòra (“enclosure”).

Noun[edit]

obora f

  1. game reserve
    Synonyms: zvernica, zverník

Declension[edit]

Declension of obora
singular plural
nominative obora obory
genitive obory obôr
dative obore oborám
accusative oboru obory
locative obore oborách
instrumental oborou oborami

References[edit]

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “obora”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 406

Further reading[edit]

  • “obora”, 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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