ofenziva
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Offensive, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French offensive, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French offendre (“to strike against, to offend”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin offendere (“to strike against, to offend”), which is from ob- + *fendere (“to hit”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ofenziva f
- (military) offensive, a large attacking action [19th c.]
- 2013, Miroslav Nožina, Pasáson Bandá Phao: Horská etnika a stát v Laosu[1], Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, →ISBN, page 198:
- Generál Nosavan soustředil koncem ledna 1961 dvacet pluků k nové ofenzivě na Planinu džbánů – asi polovinu veškerých ozbrojených sil pravice. Ofenziva však nebyla úspěšná.
- At the end of January 1961 General Nosavan gathered twenty regiments for a new offensive on the Plain of Jars – about a half of all armed forces of the rightists. However, the offensive was not successful.
- (figuratively) any attack, including verbal
- 2007, Jan Žáček, Jsem statečná žena[2], Praha: Baronet Publishers, →ISBN, page 71:
- Ona se na to nezeptá, nezačne o tom mluvit. Je chytrá a čeká, až začne on, aby mohla jít do ofenzivy.
- She won't ask him about it, she won't start talking about it. She is smart and keeps waiting until he starts, so that she could proceed to the attack.
- fast advancement
- 2013, Kristina Jakubcová, Sport a olympijské hnutí v zemích Visegrádu[3], Praha: Karolinum Press, →ISBN, page 33:
- Ofenziva občanské společnosti začala v ekonomické sféře, posléze se šířila i na společenská hnutí a organizace, koncem osmdesátých let dorazila i do velkých podniků.
- The fast advancement of the civil society started in the economic areas and then spread also to social movements and organizations and by the end of the 1980 reached also big companies.
- (sports) forward line
- 2016 January 15, “Voltr jde ze Slavie na hostování do Jihlavy, ta řeší Kučeru i Harbu”, in iSport.cz[4]:
- „Předpokládáme, že výrazně pomůže naší ofenzivě,“ řekl sportovní manažer Vysočiny Milan Bokša.
- "We suppose he will considerably help our forward line", said Milan Bokša, the sport manager of Vysočina.
Declension
Synonyms
- (military offensive): útok
- (any attack, including verbal): útok, napadání
- (forward line): útok, forward
Antonyms
- (military offensive): defenziva, obrana, ústup
- (any attack, including verbal): defenziva, obrana
- (forward line): defenziva, obrana, bek
Derived terms
References
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Offensive, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French offensive.
Pronunciation
Noun
ofenzíva f (Cyrillic spelling офензи́ва)
Declension
Declension of ofenziva
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ofenziva | ofenzive |
genitive | ofenzive | ofenziva |
dative | ofenzivi | ofenzivama |
accusative | ofenzivu | ofenzive |
vocative | ofenzivo | ofenzive |
locative | ofenzivi | ofenzivama |
instrumental | ofenzivom | ofenzivama |
References
- “ofenziva” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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