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roztvoriť

Pronunciation: /rɔstvɔric/

“roztvoriť” is a Slovak word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to open (to open something to two sides facing away from each other)
  2. to spread out, to open, to unfold, to put up (to stretch something retracted, folded)
  3. to open, to unfold (of something withdrawn, clenched, folded)
  4. to open (to open to two sides facing away from each other)
  5. to spread out, to open, to unfold (of something retracted, folded)
  6. to open, to unfold, to open up (of something withdrawn, clenched, folded)

Etymology

From roz- + tvoriť modelled after the verb otvoriť (“to open”), which was reanalysed as *o-tvoriti as opposed to the original *otъ- + *voriti, inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъvoriti. See also zatvoriť (“to close”), pritvoriť (“to close not fully”), vytvoriť (“to expel < to leave someone outside”).

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