fujara

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Czech [edit]

A fujara from Slovakia

Etymology [edit]

From Romanian[1], further traceable to Latin[2]. Cognates can be found in Greek, Albanian, Aromanian and Dacian.[2].

Noun [edit]

fujara f

  1. (music) a flute-like woodwind musical instrument

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Josef Kolařík: O mluvě obyvatel v Napajedlích
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vechimea si originea fluierului romanesc

Polish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Intermediary: Czech, pristine: Romanian.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [fuˈjara]
  • NOAD-like: [foo-ya-ra]

Noun 1 [edit]

fujara m and f

  1. (colloquial) butterfingers; a person that is not graceful or sluggish[1]
    • 2007 October 2, News portal gazeta.pl of Agora SA, Kampania wyborcza. Zawodowcy i amatorzy
      Fujara, kto nie potrafi wykorzystać samobója, jakiego swojej płockiej [...] drużynie strzelił [ ex-]premier [...], obwieszczając tryumfalnie w Gdańsku, że Grupa Lotos wchłonie zdecydowanie większy Orlen.
Declension [edit]
    declension of fujara
singular plural
nominative fujara fujary
genitive fujary fujar (or fujarów)
dative fujarze fujarom
accusative fujarę fujary (or fujarów)
instrumental fujarą fujarami
locative fujarze fujarach
vocative fujaro fujary
Synonyms [edit]

Noun 2 [edit]

different types of Polish: "Fujara, fujarka from 1888 exhibition

fujara f

  1. unsophisticated old-fashioned typically small folk instrument, usually made of fresh willow bark, typically kind of short folk pipe[2][3][4] (modifications of meaning are common in Polish regional dialects)
    • 1774, Jesuit Ignacy Nagurczewski (translator), Vergil (author), Eclogues:
      Zacznij fujaro [in latin version: "tibia", better Polish synonym: piszczałko] moja, zacznij śpiewać ze mną,
      Którą się sławi Menal[cas possibly, in latin version: Maenalus], zacznij pieśń przyjemną.
  2. (slang) penis[4][1]
    • 1901, Jan Karłowicz (author), Słownik gwar polskich, vol. 2, p. 33:
      Pochować go [...] trzeba Plecami do ziemi, fujarą do nieba.[4]

Declension [edit]

    declension of fujara
singular plural
nominative fujara fujary
genitive fujary fujar
dative fujarze fujarom
accusative fujarę fujary
instrumental fujarą fujarami
locative fujarze fujarach
vocative fujaro fujary

Synonyms [edit]

  • (typically short folk pipe usually made of fresh willow bark): fujarka, dudka, piszczałka, (old Polish) dutka, (dialects) fulara, (dialects) fujera, (dialects) fuira


References [edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 online Polish Slang Dictionary (in English and Polish) by scientists of University of Gdańsk, 1998.
  2. ^ A Concise English-Polish and Polish-English Dictionary, wikipedia:pl:Tadeusz Grzebieniowski, wikipedia:pl:Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa, 1958-1975.
  3. ^ Online Polish-English Dictionary by the largest Polish portal Onet.pl(Kraków).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dictionary of Polish dialects (Polish: Słownik gwar polskich), vol. 2, p. 33, wikipedia:pl:Jan Karłowicz, Kraków, 1901.

Slovak [edit]

Fujara

Noun [edit]

fujara f

  1. (music) a flute-like woodwind musical instrument

See also [edit]

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