kurwa

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See also: kurwą, kùrwa, kùrwą, and kùrwã

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

kùrwā f (possessed form kùrwar̃)

  1. soul

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (loved), from *keh₂-. Cognate with Latin cārus, Latvian kārs. For semantic development, compare English whore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkur.va/
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  • Rhymes: -urva
  • Syllabification: kur‧wa

Noun

kurwa f (diminutive kurewka, augmentative kurwisko)

  1. (vulgar) prostitute, whore
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostytutka
  2. (offensive, vulgar) bitch, slut, whore; term of abuse for women
    Synonyms: cichodajka, dupodajka, jawnogrzesznica, ladacznica, lafirynda, latawica, ruchawica, suka, szmata, wszetecznica, wywłoka, zdzira
    • 16th century, Jan Kochanowski, Na matematyka:
      Ziemię pomierzył i głębokie morze, / Wie, jako wstają i zachodzą zorze, / Wiatrom rozumie, praktykuje komu — / A sam nie widzi, że ma kurwę w domu.
      He measured Earth and deep seas, / He knows how dawns rise and go down, / He understand winds, he gives practices, / But he do not sees he has whore in home.
  3. (offensive, vulgar) a loathsome person, especially one who is unprincipled; someone who lacks integrity; gender-neutral
    Synonyms: łajdak, sprzedawczyk, nikczemnik, palant, dupek, chuj

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Descendants

  • Lithuanian: kurwa
  • Yiddish: קורווע (kurve)

Interjection

kurwa

  1. (vulgar) fuck!, shit!, damn!
    Kurwa, mówiłem, żebyś tego nie ruszał!
    Fuck! I told you not to touch this!
  2. (vulgar) used as intensifier
    Do każdej pierdółki potrzebna jest zgoda kierownika? To już jest, kurwa, jakiś absurd.
    You need the manager's approval even for the most trivial shit? That's just fucking absurd.
  3. (vulgar) used as filler
    Tomasz, kurwa, zamknij kibel!
    Tomasz, close the fucking toilet!

Further reading

  • kurwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kurwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kùry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuʀwa/
  • Rhymes: -uʀwa
  • Hyphenation: kur‧wa
  • Syllabification: kur‧wa

Noun

kurwa f (masculine kurwar, diminutive kurwička)

  1. whore, prostitute, bitch

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