boroví

See also: borovi

Czech

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

boroví n (collective, singular only)

  1. pinewood (forest consisting of pines)
    Synonym: bor
Declension
Declension of boroví (sg-only neuter in -í/-ý)
singular
nominative boroví
genitive boroví
dative boroví
accusative boroví
vocative boroví
locative boroví
instrumental borovím

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

boroví

  1. animate masculine nominative/vocative plural of borový

References
  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bor1”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 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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