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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
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singular
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чур
čur
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definite
(subject form)
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чу́рът
čúrǎt
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definite
(object form)
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чу́ра
čúra
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Derived terms
- чуря́ (čurjá, “to diffuse, to move for smoke”) (dialectal)
- чурла́в (čurláv), чурли́в (čurlív), чорля́в (čorljáv, “reeky, covered in soot”) (dialectal)
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References
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čurъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
чур • (čur) m
- smoke
- Synonyms: дим (dim), кад (kad), чад (čad)
Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čurъ.
Pronunciation
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
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
- то́лько чур молча́ть! ― tólʹko čur molčátʹ! ― but not a word, mind you!
Descendants