dwór

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• dwor (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dvorъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwóros (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”), from the root *dʰwer- (“door, gate”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian dwór, Polish dwór, Czech dvůr, Russian двор (dvor), Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwɨr/, /dwɛr/, /dwʊr/

Noun

dwór m ? (diminutive dwórk)

1. court (“residence of a sovereign etc.; collective body of the retinue of a sovereign etc.; formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign”)
2. courtyard
3. manor, estate
4. farmstead, homestead

Declension

Declension of dwór

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dwór	dwóra	dwóry
Genitive	dwóra	dwórowu	dwórow
Dative	dwóroju	dwóroma	dwóram
Accusative	dwór	dwóra	dwóry
Instrumental	dwórom	dwóroma	dwórami
Locative	dwórje	dwóroma	dwórach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dwór”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dwór”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Polish

dwór (#1)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dvorъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwóros (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”), from the root *dʰwer- (“door, gate”). Cognate with Lithuanian dvãras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dvur/

Noun

dwór m inan (diminutive dworek, augmentative dworzyszcze)

1. court, mansion (residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary)
2. courtyard
3. manor
4. (singular only) outside

Declension

Declension of dwór

	singular	plural
nominative	dwór	dwory
genitive	dworu	dworów
dative	dworowi	dworom
accusative	dwór	dwory
instrumental	dworem	dworami
locative	dworze	dworach
vocative	dworze	dwory

Synonyms

• (courtyard): dziedziniec
• (outside): pole

Derived terms

• dworować
• dworzanin
• dworzec
• dworski
• nadworny
• podwórze

Related terms

• drzwi
• odźwierny

Further reading

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