borový

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Czech

Etymology 1

From bor (“wood consisting of pines”) +‎ -ový. The noun bor comes from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *borъ. Because in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Slovak and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes being connected with Proto-Slavic *bara, meanig the same. More probably it is connected with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-u-. Compare also borůvka.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

borový (not comparable)

  1. connected with a pine (coniferous tree)
    borový les ― pinewood (forest of pines)
    borová šiška ― pinecone
    • 1836, Karel Hynek Mácha, Máj‎[1]:
      Byl pozdní večer — první máj — / večerní máj — byl lásky čas. / Hrdliččin zval ku lásce hlas, / kde borový zaváněl háj.
      Late evening, on the first of May— / The twilit May — the time of love. / Meltingly called the turtle-dove, / Where rich and sweet pinewoods lay. (translation by Edith Pargeter)
Declension

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Synonyms

Etymology 2

From bor (“boron”) +‎ -ový. The noun bor comes from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Bor, which is a shortened form of Borax derived from Medieval Latin borax, from Arabic بورق (“būraq”), from Persian بوره (“būrah”).[2]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːroviː/
  • Rhymes: -oviː
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ro‧vý

Adjective

borový (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) connected with boron
    borová voda ― boric acid solution (literally "boric water")
Declension

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Anagrams

References

  1. ^ Template:R:Rejzek 2015
  2. ^ Template:R:Rejzek 2015

Further reading

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