oaza

See also: oáza, oazą, and oază

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Oase, from Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈa.za/

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• Rhymes: -aza
• Syllabification: o‧a‧za

Noun

oaza f

1. oasis (spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert)
2. oasis (quiet, peaceful place or situation)

   Synonym: azyl

Declension

Declension of oaza

	singular	plural
nominative	oaza	oazy
genitive	oazy	oaz
dative	oazie	oazom
accusative	oazę	oazy
instrumental	oazą	oazami
locative	oazie	oazach
vocative	oazo	oazy

Derived terms

adjective

• oazowy

 

nouns

• oazowicz
• oazowiczka

 

Further reading

• oaza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oaza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin oasis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oǎːza/

Noun

oáza f (Cyrillic spelling оа́за)

1. oasis

Declension

Declension of oaza

	singular	plural
nominative	oaza	oaze
genitive	oaze	oaza
dative	oazi	oazama
accusative	oazu	oaze
vocative	oazo	oaze
locative	oazi	oazama
instrumental	oazom	oazama

Slovene

Noun

oaza f

1. oasis

Further reading

• “oaza”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024