obława

Polish

Etymology

From an East Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *obloviti.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɔbˈwa.va/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: ob‧ła‧wa

Noun

obława f (diminutive obławka)

  1. (hunting) battue, hunt (form of hunting)
    Synonym: nagonka
  2. (law enforcement) dragnet, manhunt (efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects)
  3. (Central Greater Poland) sand drift

Declension

Declension of obława
singular plural
nominative obława obławy
genitive obławy obław
dative obławie obławom
accusative obławę obławy
instrumental obławą obławami
locative obławie obławach
vocative obławo obławy

Derived terms

adjective
  • obławny
noun
  • obławnik

Further reading

  • obława in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • obława in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “obławy”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21
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