"potwora" meaning in Polish

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Noun

IPA: /pɔˈtfɔ.ra/, /pɔˈtfɔ.ra/ [Middle, Polish], /pɔˈtfɔ.ra/ (note: Żywiec)
Rhymes: -ɔra Etymology: From potwór + -a. First attested in the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{af|pl|potwór|-a}} potwór + -a, {{etydate|16th century}} First attested in the 16th century Head templates: {{pl-noun|f|dim=potworka|m=potwór}} potwora f (male equivalent potwór, diminutive potworka) Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-f}} Forms: potwór [masculine], potworka [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], potwora [nominative, singular], potwory [nominative, plural], potwory [genitive, singular], potwor [genitive, plural], potworze [dative, singular], potworom [dative, plural], potworę [accusative, singular], potwory [accusative, plural], potworą [instrumental, singular], potworami [instrumental, plural], potworze [locative, singular], potworach [locative, plural], potworo [singular, vocative], potwory [plural, vocative]
  1. (dated) female equivalent of potwór (“monster, fiend”) Tags: dated, feminine, form-of Form of: potwór (extra: monster, fiend)
    Sense id: en-potwora-pl-noun-dbSuD7Fr Categories (other): Polish links with manual fragments, Female, Female people Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 48 52 Disambiguation of Female: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Female people: 100 0 0
  2. (Żywiec) used as an epithet Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-potwora-pl-noun-FQS-bHGX Categories (other): Żywiec Polish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks, Polish terms suffixed with -a, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 48 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 68 11 Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 32 59 9 Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 48 52 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant alt parameters: 41 59 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant wikilinks: 30 70 Disambiguation of Polish terms suffixed with -a: 30 70 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 15 68 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: każda potwora znajdzie amatora [phrase], każda potwora znajdzie swego amatora [phrase], każda potwora znajdzie swojego amatora [phrase]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɔˈtfɔ.ra/, /pɔˈtfɔ.ra/ [Middle, Polish], /pɔˈtfɔ.ra/ (note: Żywiec)
Rhymes: -ɔra Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|pl|noun form|g=m-anml}} potwora m animal
  1. genitive/accusative singular of potwór Tags: accusative, animal-not-person, form-of, genitive, masculine, singular Form of: potwór
    Sense id: en-potwora-pl-noun-TBYxHEf6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
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      "form": "potworka",
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      "form": "potworom",
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      "form": "potworę",
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    },
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      "form": "potworą",
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    },
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      "form": "potworze",
      "source": "declension",
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      "ipa": "/pɔˈtfɔ.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔˈtfɔ.ra/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/pɔˈtfɔ.ra/",
      "note": "Żywiec"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔra"
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    {
      "homophone": "Potwora"
    }
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}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.