potop

See also: potöp

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpotop]

Etymology 1

Noun

potop f

  1. genitive plural of potopa

Etymology 2

Verb

potop

  1. second-person singular imperative of potopit

Narragansett

Etymology

Perhaps from a root meaning "blow" (cf. potâuntash). Compare Massachusett pꝏtâop, pꝏtab, pótab, Abenaki podaba.[1]

Noun

pótop anim (plural pótopauog or pótoppauog)

  1. whale

References

  1. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “pꝏtâop, pꝏtab, pótab”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 132

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.tɔp/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɔp
  • Syllabification: po‧top

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish potop, from Proto-Slavic *potopъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from potopić.

Noun

potop m inan

  1. deluge, flood
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

potop

  1. second-person singular imperative of potopić

Further reading

  • potop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • potop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic потопъ (potopŭ), from Proto-Slavic *potopъ.

Noun

potop n (plural potopuri)

  1. deluge, flood (especially the Biblical Flood)
    Synonym: diluviu

Declension

Declension of potop
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative potop potopul potopuri potopurile
genitive-dative potop potopului potopuri potopurilor
vocative potopule potopurilor

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potopъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒtop/
  • Hyphenation: po‧top

Noun

pòtop m inan (Cyrillic spelling по̀топ)

  1. deluge, flood
    Synonym: poplava

Declension

Declension of potop
singular plural
nominative potop potopi
genitive potopa potopa
dative potopu potopima
accusative potop potope
vocative potope potopi
locative potopu potopima
instrumental potopom potopima

Further reading

  • potop”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025