potvora

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech potvora. po- +‎ tvořit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

potvora f

1. (derogatory, offensive) bitch (despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
2. monster, horrible beast

Declension

Declension of potvora (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	potvora	potvory
genitive	potvory	potvor
dative	potvoře	potvorám
accusative	potvoru	potvory
vocative	potvoro	potvory
locative	potvoře	potvorách
instrumental	potvorou	potvorami

Further reading

• “potvora”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “potvora”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “potvora”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

From potvořiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpotʋora/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpotvora/

Noun

potvora f

1. monster, horrible beast

Declension

Declension of potvora (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	potvora	potvořě	potvory
genitive	potvory	potvorú	potvor
dative	potvořě	potvorama	potvorám
accusative	potvoru	potvořě	potvory
vocative	potvoro	potvořě	potvory
locative	potvořě	potvorú	potvorách
instrumental	potvorú	potvorama	potvorami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: potvora

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “potvora”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔtvɔra]

Noun

potvora f

1. (derogatory, offensive) bitch, hussy (despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, typically a woman)
2. monster, horrible beast

Declension

Declension of potvora

	singular	plural
nominative	potvora	potvory
genitive	potvory	potvor
dative	potvore	potvorám
accusative	potvoru	potvory
locative	potvore	potvorách
instrumental	potvorou	potvorami

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