durny

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *durьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdur.nɘ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -urnɘ
  • Syllabification: dur‧ny

Adjective

durny (comparative durniejszy, superlative najdurniejszy, derived adverb durnie)

  1. stupid, foolish, dumb
    • 1877, William Shakespeare, translated by Józef Paszkowski, Dzieła dramatyczne, Spółka Wydawnicza Księgarzy (distribution), S. Orgelbranda Synowie (printing), archived from the original on 2022-12-15, "The Tempest", act 2, scene 2, page 592:
      Więc daléj na morze, drużyno!
      Do czarta z tak durną dziewczyną!
      So farther to sea, crew! To the devil with such a stupid girl!
    • 1881, Bronisław Gustawicz, Podania, przesądy, gadki i nazwy ludowe w dziedzinie przyrody: Część pierwsza: Zwierzęta, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, archived from the original on 2022-12-15:
      Sojka jest durna jak dziecko
      A jay is foolish as a child.
    • 2016, Arkady Saulski, Kroniki Czerwonej Kompanii, tom 2: Wilk, Drageus, archived from the original on 2022-12-15:
      – Panie Gaeta, do kapsuły. To ostatni rozkaz – rzekł, po czym dodał: – I bez durnego heroizmu. Nawet nie chcę słyszeć tego całego: "Zostaję z moim kapitanem!". Po prostu wypierdalaj. Ratuj dupę.
      "Mr. Gaeta, to the capsule. That's my last order," he said, after which he added: "And without stupid heroics. I don't even want to hear all that 'I'm staying with my captain!'. Just get the fuck out. Save your own ass."
  2. (obsolete) arrogant
  3. (obsolete) armed

Declension

Further reading

  • durny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • durny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “durny”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN