boroví

Czech

Etymology

From bor +‎ -oví. The noun bor comes from Proto-Slavic *borъ. Because in Slovak and Polish dialects it means "marsh", it is sometimes being connected with Proto-Slavic *bara, meanig the same. More probably it is connected with Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-u-. Compare also borůvka.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈboroviː/
  • Rhymes: -oviː
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ro‧ví
  • Homophone: borový

Noun

boroví n (collective, singular only)

  1. pinewood (forest consisting of pines)

Declension
Declension of boroví
singulare tantum
nominative boroví
genitive boroví
dative boroví
accusative boroví
vocative boroví
locative boroví
instrumental borovím

Synonyms

Adjective

boroví

  1. animate masculine nominative plural of borový
  2. animate masculine vocative plural of borový

References
  1. "bor1" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 92–93.

Further reading
  • boroví in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • boroví in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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