ofenziva
See also: ofenzíva
Czech
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Offensive, from French offensive, from Old French offendre (“to strike against, to offend”), from Latin offendō (“to strike against, to offend”), which is from ob- + *fendō (“to hit”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editofenziva f
- (military) offensive, a large attacking action [19th c.]
- 2013, Miroslav Nožina, Pasáson Bandá Phao: Horská etnika a stát v Laosu[1], Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, →ISBN, page 198:
- Generál Nosavan soustředil koncem ledna 1961 dvacet pluků k nové ofenzivě na Planinu džbánů – asi polovinu veškerých ozbrojených sil pravice. Ofenziva však nebyla úspěšná.
- At the end of January 1961 General Nosavan gathered twenty regiments for a new offensive on the Plain of Jars – about a half of all armed forces of the rightists. However, the offensive was not successful.
- (figuratively) any attack, including verbal
- 2007, Jan Žáček, Jsem statečná žena[2], Praha: Baronet Publishers, →ISBN, page 71:
- Ona se na to nezeptá, nezačne o tom mluvit. Je chytrá a čeká, až začne on, aby mohla jít do ofenzivy.
- She won't ask him about it, she won't start talking about it. She is smart and keeps waiting until he starts, so that she could proceed to the attack.
- fast advancement
- 2013, Kristina Jakubcová, Sport a olympijské hnutí v zemích Visegrádu[3], Praha: Karolinum Press, →ISBN, page 33:
- Ofenziva občanské společnosti začala v ekonomické sféře, posléze se šířila i na společenská hnutí a organizace, koncem osmdesátých let dorazila i do velkých podniků.
- The fast advancement of the civil society started in the economic areas and then spread also to social movements and organizations and by the end of the 1980 reached also big companies.
- (sports) forward line
- 2016 January 15, “Voltr jde ze Slavie na hostování do Jihlavy, ta řeší Kučeru i Harbu”, in iSport.cz[4]:
- „Předpokládáme, že výrazně pomůže naší ofenzivě,“ řekl sportovní manažer Vysočiny Milan Bokša.
- "We suppose he will considerably help our forward line", said Milan Bokša, the sport manager of Vysočina.
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “ofenziva”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 467
Further reading
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Offensive, from French offensive.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editofenzíva f (Cyrillic spelling офензи́ва)
Declension
editDeclension of ofenziva
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ofenziva | ofenzive |
genitive | ofenzive | ofenziva |
dative | ofenzivi | ofenzivama |
accusative | ofenzivu | ofenzive |
vocative | ofenzivo | ofenzive |
locative | ofenzivi | ofenzivama |
instrumental | ofenzivom | ofenzivama |
References
edit- “ofenziva”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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