ponor

See also: Ponor

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian.

Noun

ponor (plural ponors)

  1. (geology) A natural surface opening associated with karst.
    • 1981, Petar T. Milanović, Karst hydrogeology, page 168:
      As long as the total capacity q of the spring is smaller than the total capacity q2 of the ponor, no flooding of the polje will occur.
    • 2004, John Gunn, Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, page 1283:
      The only permanent sea ponor in the world is the sea mill of Argostoli, located on Kefalonia Island in the Ionian Sea (Greece) (Glanz, 1965).
    • 2004, Petar Milanovic, Water Resources Engineering in Karst, page 22:
      Ponors are one of the symbol features of karst regions, and crucial features from a hydrogeological and geotechnical point of view.
    • 2018, Márton Veress, Glaciokarsts, page 203:
      The characteristic features of the ponors of glaciokarst mainly manifest in the fact that they were mostly formed in karstic depressions or in glacial erosional depressions.

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈponor]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ponořit.

Noun

ponor m inan

  1. (nautical) the depth between the water line and the bottom of a vessel's hull, the draught
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Noun

ponor m inan

  1. (geology) ponor (natural surface opening associated with karst)
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

ponor m inan

  1. Oreocallis (genus of plants)
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • ponor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ponor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • ponor in Internetová jazyková příručka

Latin

Verb

pōnor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of pōnō

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.nɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɔr
  • Syllabification: po‧nor

Noun

ponor m anim

  1. (obsolete) worm
    Synonyms: czerw, robak

Declension
Declension of ponor
singular plural
nominative ponor ponory
genitive ponora ponorów
dative ponorowi ponorom
accusative ponora ponory
instrumental ponorem ponorami
locative ponorze ponorach
vocative ponorze ponory

Noun

ponor m inan

  1. (geology) ponor
    Synonym: wchłon

Declension
Declension of ponor
singular plural
nominative ponor ponory
genitive ponoru ponorów
dative ponorowi ponorom
accusative ponor ponory
instrumental ponorem ponorami
locative ponorze ponorach
vocative ponorze ponory

Further reading
  • ponor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ponor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поноръ (ponorŭ), from Proto-Slavic *nora (“abyss”). Compare Bulgarian понор (ponor), Serbo-Croatian ponor.

Noun

ponor n (plural ponoare)

  1. steep slope, abyss
  2. (geology) ponor

Declension
Declension of ponor
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ponor ponorul (niște) ponoare ponoarele
genitive/dative (unui) ponor ponorului (unor) ponoare ponoarelor
vocative ponorule ponoarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ponorъ, from Proto-Slavic *nora.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pǒnor/
  • Hyphenation: po‧nor

Noun

pònor m (Cyrillic spelling по̀нор)

  1. abyss

Declension
Declension of ponor
singular plural
nominative ponor ponori
genitive ponora ponora
dative ponoru ponorima
accusative ponor ponore
vocative ponoru / ponore ponori
locative ponoru ponorima
instrumental ponorom ponorima

Further reading
  • “ponor” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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