sfora

See also: sforą

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfɔ.ra/, (traditional) /ˈsfo.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra, (traditional) -ora
• Hyphenation: sfò‧ra, (traditional) sfó‧ra

Verb

sfora

1. inflection of sforare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• sfarò

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvora.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfɔ.ra/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈsfɔ.ra]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: sfo‧ra

Noun

sfora f

1. large pack of canids, especially feral dogs or wolves
2. (by extension, derogatory) pack; unruly group of people

   Synonym: zgraja

3. pair of hunting dogs working together
4. (obsolete) a leash for hunting dogs

   Synonyms: otok, smycz

5. (Przemyśl) leather strap connecting loops (gacki) of a flail

Declension

Declension of sfora

	singular	plural
nominative	sfora	sfory
genitive	sfory	sfor/sfór
dative	sforze	sforom
accusative	sforę	sfory
instrumental	sforą	sforami
locative	sforze	sforach
vocative	sforo	sfory

Derived terms

adjectives

• niesforny
• sforny

 

adjverbs

• niesfornie
• sfornie

 

nouns

• niesforność
• sforność
• sforowanie
• wysforowanie
• wysforowywanie

 

verbs

• sforować
• wysforować
• wysforowywać

 

Further reading

• sfora in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sfora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Saloni (1899) “sfora”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 244