kmotr

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkmotr̩]
Hyphenation: kmo‧tr

Noun

kmotr m anim (female equivalent kmotra)

godfather

Declension

Declension of kmotr (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kmotr	kmotři
genitive	kmotra	kmotrů
dative	kmotrovi, kmotru	kmotrům
accusative	kmotra	kmotry
vocative	kmotře	kmotři
locative	kmotrovi, kmotru	kmotrech
instrumental	kmotrem	kmotry

Related terms

kmotra
kmotřenka

Further reading

“kmotr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“kmotr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish kmotr, from Proto-Slavic *kъmotrъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkmɔtr/

(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈkmɔtr/

Rhymes: -ɔtr
Syllabification: kmotr

Noun

kmotr m pers (female equivalent kmocha or kmotra, related adjective kmotrowski)

(archaic) synonym of ojciec chrzestny (“godfather”)
(archaic) friend; companion

Declension

Declension of kmotr

	singular	plural
nominative	kmotr	kmotrowie / kmotrzy
genitive	kmotra	kmotrów
dative	kmotrowi	kmotrom
accusative	kmotra	kmotrów
instrumental	kmotrem	kmotrami
locative	kmotrze	kmotrach
vocative	kmotrze	kmotrowie / kmotrzy

Derived terms

nouns

kmotrek
kmotrostwo
kumoter

Related terms

nouns

Further reading

kmotr in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “KMOTR”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (12.07.2008) “KMOTR”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “kmotr”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna