буря

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See also: бура

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buřa.

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Noun

бу́ря (búrjaf

  1. storm, tempest
  2. (figurative) fury
  3. (figurative) tumult

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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak *buria, from Proto-Slavic *buřa. Cognate with Slovak búrka.

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Noun

буря (burjaf (augmentative бурїска, related adjective бурйов)

  1. storm

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Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *buřa, akin to Bulgarian бу́ря (búrja), Slovene burja, Polish burza, Serbo-Croatian бура/bura, Slovak búrka (tempest) and búrať (to crush). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse byrr (fair wind), Latin furo (I rage, rave), Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, stir, palpitate), Persian بوران (burân, storm), باران (bârân, rain). Compare also Turkish bora (squall).

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Noun

бу́ря (búrjaf inan (genitive бу́ри, nominative plural бу́ри, genitive plural бурь, relational adjective бурево́й)

  1. (meteorology) storm, tempest (also figuratively)
    Synonym: шторм (štorm)
    • 1946, И. А. Ефремов, На краю Ойкумены:
      Вели́кое чу́до бы́ло в том, что шесть корабле́й пока́ шли, и ещё бо́льшее чу́до, что бе́шеная си́ла бу́ри не размета́ла их по тёмному кипя́щему мо́рю.
      Velíkoje čúdo býlo v tom, što šestʹ korabléj poká šli, i ješčó bólʹšeje čúdo, što béšenaja síla búri ne razmetála ix po tjómnomu kipjáščemu mórju.
      It was a great miracle that six ships were still sailing ahead, and an even greater miracle that the raging power of the storm had not scattered them across the dark, seething sea.
    • 1967, Виталий Коржиков, Весёлое мореплавание Солнышкина:
      Бури нас всех позовут, / В море герои уйдут.
      Buri nas vsex pozovut, / V more geroi ujdut.
      Storms will call us all, / Heroes will leave to the sea.
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Participle

буря́ (burjá)

  1. present adverbial imperfective participle of бури́ть (burítʹ)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *buřa.

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Noun

бу́ря (búrjaf inan (genitive бу́рі, nominative plural бу́рі, genitive plural бур)

  1. (meteorology) storm, tempest
    зати́шшя пе́ред бу́реюzatýššja péred búrejucalm before the storm

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