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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic *кърногузъ (*kŭrnoguzŭ), from *кърнъ (*kŭrnŭ, “cut, chopped”) + гуз (guz, “buttocks, rump”), ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *kъrnъ + *gǫzъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
кургу́зый • (kurgúzyj)
- dock-tailed, bobtail, shorthaired (of an animal)
- (dated, colloquial) too tight, too short (of clothing)
- кле́тчатый кургу́зый возду́шный же пиджачо́к… Граждани́н ро́стом в сажень, но в плеча́х у́зок ― klétčatyj kurgúzyj vozdúšnyj že pidžačók… Graždanín róstom v saženʹ, no v plečáx úzok ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1969, Булгаков, chapter 1, in Мастер и Маргарита:На маленькой головке жокейский картузик, клетчатый кургузый воздушный же пиджачок… Гражданин ростом в сажень, но в плечах узок, худ неимоверно, и физиономия, прошу заметить, глумливая.- Na malenʹkoj golovke žokejskij kartuzik, kletčatyj kurguzyj vozdušnyj že pidžačok… Graždanin rostom v saženʹ, no v plečax uzok, xud neimoverno, i fizionomija, prošu zametitʹ, glumlivaja.
- On his small head was a jockey-cap and he wore a short check jacket made of air. The man was seven feet tall but narrow in the shoulders, incredibly thin and with a face made for derision.
Declension
Declension of кургу́зый (unknown short forms)