чурка
Russian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Lithuanian kiáuras, Latvian саũrs, Lithuanian kiùrstu, kiuraũ, kiùrti, skiaurė̃, Middle High German schore. Less likely Polish szczur (“rat”).
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *чуръ or Inherited from Proto-Slavic *щуръ which means "a stump", Proto-Indo-European *[s]keu.
The pejorative sense of "Caucasian or Central Asian immigrant" may be derived from чёрный (čórnyj, “black”) and -ка (-ka, “little”), referring to the immigrants' darker skin tones or from черке́с (čerkés).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕurkə]
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Noun
чу́рка • (čúrka) f inan (genitive чу́рки, nominative plural чу́рки, genitive plural чу́рок)
- chock, block of wood
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чу́рка čúrka | чу́рки čúrki |
| genitive | чу́рки čúrki | чу́рок čúrok |
| dative | чу́рке čúrke | чу́ркам čúrkam |
| accusative | чу́рку čúrku | чу́рки čúrki |
| instrumental | чу́ркой, чу́ркою čúrkoj, čúrkoju | чу́рками čúrkami |
| prepositional | чу́рке čúrke | чу́рках čúrkax |
Noun
чу́рка • (čúrka) m anim or f anim (genitive чу́рки, nominative plural чу́рки, genitive plural чу́рок)
- small cutted part of tree
- (colloquial) dumb, uneducated person, dullard, booby
- Synonym: чурба́н (čurbán)
- (offensive, ethnic slur) immigrant from Central Asia or the Caucasus, wog
- Synonyms: чучмек (čučmek), чурба́н (čurbán)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чу́рка čúrka | чу́рки čúrki |
| genitive | чу́рки čúrki | чу́рок čúrok |
| dative | чу́рке čúrke | чу́ркам čúrkam |
| accusative | чу́рку čúrku | чу́рок čúrok |
| instrumental | чу́ркой, чу́ркою čúrkoj, čúrkoju | чу́рками čúrkami |
| prepositional | чу́рке čúrke | чу́рках čúrkax |
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чурка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress