gusle

gusle

English

Alternative forms

• gusla

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian gȕsle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʊslə/

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Noun

gusle (plural gusles)

1. (music) A single-stringed lute-like stringed instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.
   • 1988, Christina Pribićević-Zorić, translating Milorad Pavić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage 1989, p. 30:

     Songs of Brankovich's speed are sung to the strains of the gusle.

Hypernyms

• chordophone
• lyre
• monochord
• stringed instrument

Derived terms

• guslar (someone who plays a gusle)

Related terms

• gusli

Translations

single-stringed instrument

Belarusian: гу́слі f pl (húsli) Bulgarian: гу́сла f (gúsla) Catalan: gusla (ca) f Czech: gusle f pl, housle (cs) f pl (violin) Esperanto: guzlo German: Gusle (de) f, Gusla (de) f Macedonian: гусла f (gusla) Polish: gęśle (pl) f pl, gusli f pl (Russian gusli) Portuguese: gusla (pt) f Romanian: guzlă (ro) f Russian: гу́сли (ru) f pl (gúsli) Rusyn: гу́слї f pl (húslji) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гу̏сле f pl Roman: gȕsle (sh) f pl Slovak: gusle f pl, housle (sk) f pl (violin) Slovene: gusle f pl Ukrainian: гу́слі f pl (húsli)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• 1997. A History of European Folk Music. Jan Ling. Pg. 139.

Further reading

• Gusle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Guels, glues, gules, luges

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫsli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡûsle/
• Hyphenation: gus‧le

Noun

gȕsle f pl (Cyrillic spelling гу̏сле)

1. gusle

Declension

Declension of gusle

	plural
nominative	gȕsle
genitive	gȕsālā / gȕslī
dative	guslama
accusative	gusle
vocative	gusle
locative	guslama
instrumental	guslama

Derived terms

• gȕslār