powód
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔ.vut/
“powód” is a Polish word. Its 18 meanings in English:
noun
- cause, reason
- lead (strap or rope connected to a bridle on which a horse is led)
- leading (act of leading)
- argument, reasoning
- strips that are nailed in a shaft's compartments on which boxes slide when they are pulled out so that they do not interfere with the shaft lining
- consultation
- model (example that people follow)
- origin, source; beginning
- course of events
- premise (basis of inference)
- topic (subject of discussion)
- proceedings; case
- success
- civil horses (horses prepared in cities so that a representative of the authorities making a longer journey could replace tired horses with rested ones)
- civic duty of providing a ruler or his representatives with means of transport
- plaintiff
- leader (one who leads)
- initiator, causer
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish powód. By surface analysis, deverbal from powieść.
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