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zápor

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See also: zapor, zapór, Zapór, and запор

Czech

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaporъ. First attested in the 19th century. By surface analysis, deverbal from zapřít.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈzaːpor]
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    Noun

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    zápor m inan

    1. con (disadvantage), drawback
      Synonym: proti
      Antonyms: klad, pro
      klady a záporypros and cons

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    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    First attested in 1559. Shortened from the attributive construction zápor eső. The phrase may have been patterned after Slavic, compare Czech sporý déšť (abundant rain).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈzaːpor]
    • Hyphenation: zá‧por
    • Rhymes: -or

    Noun

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    zápor (plural záporok)

    1. shower, downpour, rainstorm
    2. (by extension) flood, stream
      könnyzáporflood of tears

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    Possessive forms of zápor
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. záporom záporaim
    2nd person sing. záporod záporaid
    3rd person sing. zápora záporai
    1st person plural záporunk záporaink
    2nd person plural záporotok záporaitok
    3rd person plural záporuk záporaik

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    References

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    1. ^ zápor in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

    Further reading

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    • zápor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

    Old Slovak

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaporъ. First attested in 1666.

      Noun

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      zápor m inan

      1. latch, lock

      Descendants

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      • Slovak: zápor

      Further reading

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      • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “zápor”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC