чур

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čurъ.

Noun

чур • (čur) m

1. (dialectal) smoke, fume (typically in mobile state)

   Synonyms: дим (dim), пу́шек (púšek)

Declension

Declension of чур

	singular
indefinite	чур čur
definite (subject form)	чу́рът čúrǎt
definite (object form)	чу́ра čúra

Derived terms

• чуря́ (čurjá, “to diffuse, to move for smoke”) (dialectal)
• чурла́в (čurláv), чурли́в (čurlív), чорля́в (čorljáv, “reeky, covered in soot”) (dialectal)

See also

• чу́ркам (čúrkam, “to squish”) (dialectal)
  • чу́ркало (čúrkalo), чу́рило (čúrilo, “piston”)
• чуртя́ (čurtjá), шуртя́ (šurtjá), журтя́ (žurtjá, “to splatter”)

References

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “чюръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 568

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čurъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃur]

Noun

чур • (čur) m

1. smoke

   Synonyms: дим (dim), кад (kad), чад (čad)

Russian

Alternative forms

• чуръ (čur) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čurъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕur]

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• Rhymes: -ur

Noun

чур • (čur) m anim (genitive чу́ра, nominative plural чу́ры, genitive plural чу́ров)

1. (historical) an ancestor
2. (paganism) an idol used in native Slavic religious rites

Declension

Declension of чур (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	чу́р čúr	чу́ры čúry
genitive	чу́ра čúra	чу́ров čúrov
dative	чу́ру čúru	чу́рам čúram
accusative	чу́ра čúra	чу́ров čúrov
instrumental	чу́ром čúrom	чу́рами čúrami
prepositional	чу́ре čúre	чу́рах čúrax

Synonyms

• щур (ščur), пращур (praščur) (ancestral spirit)
• идол (idol), кумир (kumir) (object used to worship deities)

Interjection

чур • (čur)

1. (colloquial, in spells) avaunt, away

   чур меня́! ― čur menjá! ― keep away from me!

2. (children's talk, expresses leadership, claim to be the first) bags (it)! (British), dibs

   чур я пе́рвый! ― čur ja pérvyj! ― bags, I go first!

3. (colloquial, expresses a condition) mind you, but mind

   то́лько чур молча́ть! ― tólʹko čur molčátʹ! ― but not a word, mind you!

Descendants

• → Ingrian: cur