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góra

//ˈɡu.ra/ | /ˈɡo.ra/ | /ˈɡu.ra/ | /ˈɡwo.ra/ | /ˈɡo.ra/ | /ˈɡo.ra/ | [ˈɡu.ra]/
Polishnounparticle

Definitions

  1. 1.
    mountain (elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit)
    • Klasztor znajdował się na szczycie wysokiej góry.

      The monastery was situated on the top of a high mountain.

  2. 2.
    top (higher part of some object; upmost part of something)
    • Góra strony powinna być pusta.

      The top of the page should be empty.

    • Nie pomogę wam w tym projekcie, dopóki góra go nie przyklepie.

      I won't help you with this project until the higher-ups sign off on it.

  3. 3.
    pile (collection of things one on top of the other)
  4. 4.
    mountains, mountain range
  5. 5.
    cape (piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake)
  6. 6.
    surface (external part of something)
  7. 7.
    The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • Iakosz thy nam czlovyekya […] sz gory szvrzadem wszyal wszwoya cząscz crą czyreyowska thamo wgorze podla poszw gwalthem.

    • Mons pharetratus […] Der Kocherſberg. Sárczaná gorá.

  8. 8.
    obsoletemine (place for extracting resources)
    • obiecać złote góry/obiecywać złote góry

      to promise the moon

  9. 9.
    obsoleteupper hand, advantage (condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end)
    • wziąć górę/brać górę

      to get the better of

  10. 10.
    at most, tops
    • Skończę za dwa, góra trzy dni.

      I'll finish in two, three days at most.

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish góra. Sense 5 is preserved in terms such as górnik and was displaced by kopalnia. Doublet of hore.

Forms

  • górkadiminutive
  • g.abbreviation
Nominative
Singular
góra
Plural
góry
Genitive
Singular
góry
Plural
gór
Dative
Singular
górze
Plural
górom
Accusative
Singular
górę
Plural
góry
Instrumental
Singular
górą
Plural
górami
Locative
Singular
górze
Plural
górach
Vocative
Singular
góro
Plural
góry

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