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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian курку́ль (kurkúlʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
курку́ль • (kurkúlʹ) m anim (genitive куркуля́, nominative plural куркули́, genitive plural куркуле́й)
- (derogatory, colloquial) miser, moneygrubber, penny pincher, cheapskate
- Synonyms: жа́дина (žádina), скря́га (skrjága), скупе́ц (skupéc), скупердя́й (skuperdjáj), крохобо́р (kroxobór), жмот (žmot), стяжа́тель (stjažátelʹ)
- (derogatory) kulak, kurkul (a prosperous peasant in the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union)
- Synonym: кула́к (kulák)
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Turkish korkulu (“frightful or dangerous one”), from korkmak (“to fear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
курку́ль • (kurkúlʹ) m pers (genitive куркуля́, nominative plural куркулі́, genitive plural куркулі́в)
- (derogatory, colloquial) miser, moneygrubber, penny pincher, cheapskate
- (derogatory) kurkul, kulak
- 1951, Ленін, 29, 232:
Куркуль — той, що живе чужою працею, що грабує чужу працю і використовує для себе нужду.- Kurkulʹ — toj, ščo žyve čužoju praceju, ščo hrabuje čužu pracju i vykorystovuje dlja sebe nuždu.
- Kurkul — the one who lives on the labor of others, robbing someone else's work and profiting themselves on hardship.
Declension
Declension of курку́ль (pers soft masc-form accent-b)
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References
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “куркуль”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “куркуль”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “куркуль”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)