чур
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *čurъ.
Noun
чур • (čur) m
- (dialectal) smoke, fume (typically in mobile state)
- Synonyms: дим (dim), пу́шек (púšek)
Declension
Declension of чур
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | чур čur |
| definite (subject form) | чу́рът čúrǎt |
| definite (object form) | чу́ра čúra |
Derived terms
- чуря́ (čurjá, “to diffuse, to move for smoke”) (dialectal)
- чурла́в (čurláv), чурли́в (čurlív), чорля́в (čorljáv, “reeky, covered in soot”) (dialectal)
See also
- чу́ркам (čúrkam, “to squish”) (dialectal)
- чу́ркало (čúrkalo), чу́рило (čúrilo, “piston”)
- чуртя́ (čurtjá), шуртя́ (šurtjá), журтя́ (žurtjá, “to splatter”)
References
- Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1904), “чюръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 568
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *čurъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃur]
Noun
чур • (čur) m
- smoke
Synonyms
- дим (dim)
- кад (kad)
- чад (čad)
Russian
Alternative forms
- чуръ (čur) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čurъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕur]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ur
Noun
чур • (čur) m anim (genitive чу́ра, nominative plural чу́ры, genitive plural чу́ров)
- (historical) an ancestor
- (paganism) an idol used in native Slavic religious rites
Declension
Declension of чур (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чу́р čúr | чу́ры čúry |
| genitive | чу́ра čúra | чу́ров čúrov |
| dative | чу́ру čúru | чу́рам čúram |
| accusative | чу́ра čúra | чу́ров čúrov |
| instrumental | чу́ром čúrom | чу́рами čúrami |
| prepositional | чу́ре čúre | чу́рах čúrax |
Synonyms
- щур (ščur), пращур (praščur) (ancestral spirit)
- идол (idol), кумир (kumir) (object used to worship deities)
Interjection
чур • (čur)
- (colloquial, in spells) avaunt, away
- чур меня́! ― čur menjá! ― keep away from me!
- (children's talk, expresses leadership, claim to be the first) bags (it)! (British), dibs
- чур я пе́рвый! ― čur ja pérvyj! ― bags, I go first!
- (colloquial, expresses a condition) mind you, but mind
- то́лькочур молча́ть! ― tólʹko čur molčátʹ! ― but not a word, mind you!