obrót

See also: ôbrōt, òbrót, and ôbrót

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obvortъ.[1][2][3] By surface analysis, deverbal from obrócić. First attested in 1535.[4]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔb.rut/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbrut
  • Syllabification: ob‧rót

Noun

obrót m inan

  1. (countable) turn, rotation, revolution (turning of an object around its own or another object's axis)
    obrót ZiemiEarth's rotation
    obrót wokół osirotation around an axis
  2. (uncountable) turn (manner in which events unfold)
    Synonym: zwrot
    obrót zdarzeńturn of events
  3. (uncountable, economics) turnover; trade; sales; payments (purchase and sale transactions) [with instrumental ‘in what’]
    Synonym: handel
  4. (countable, obsolete, hunting) turn (deviation from a path; running turn performed by a fleeing animal)
  5. (in the plural, obsolete, military) drill (military exercises, maneuvers)
    Synonym: musztra
  6. (uncountable, obsolete) cunning, trickery
    Synonyms: fortel, obrotność, przebiegłość
    1. (countable, obsolete) cunning person
  7. (in the plural, obsolete) frolic, dancing, celebrations; troubles; torments, pickle, jam; danger
  8. (countable, obsolete) pole (that on which something turns physically)
  9. (countable, obsolete, zootomy) animal's vertebra
  10. (countable, obsolete, anatomy) joint (part of the body where two bones join)
    Synonym: staw
  11. (uncountable, obsolete) circulation (flow of blood in the body)
    Synonym: krążenie
  12. (countable, obsolete, metallurgy) wooden furnace frame (wooden form that rotates on an axis, used in the construction of a blast furnace shaft and grates, corresponding to the internal shape of the furnace, and applied to the laid bricks)
  13. (countable, obsolete, medicine) rotation of a fetus in a uterus to facilitate delivery

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
verbs
  • wziąć w obroty pf, brać w obroty impf
verbs

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “obrót”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “obrót”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “obrót”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “obrót”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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