ciura

See also: ciurą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian цю́ра (cjúra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕu.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: ciu‧ra

Noun

ciura m pers or f

1. (derogatory) nobody, lightweight
2. (historical, military) camp follower

Declension

Masculine declension:

Declension of ciura

	singular	plural
nominative	ciura	ciurowie
genitive	ciury	ciurów
dative	ciurze	ciurom
accusative	ciurę	ciurów
instrumental	ciurą	ciurami
locative	ciurze	ciurach
vocative	ciuro	ciurowie

Feminine declension:

Declension of ciura

	singular	plural
nominative	ciura	ciury
genitive	ciury	ciur
dative	ciurze	ciurom
accusative	ciurę	ciury
instrumental	ciurą	ciurami
locative	ciurze	ciurach
vocative	ciuro	ciury

Derived terms

verbs

• ciurzyć impf

 

Further reading

• ciura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ciura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ciura”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Romanian

Etymology

From ciur, possibly corresponding to Latin crībrō, crībrāre, through a Vulgar Latin dissimilated form *cibrāre.

Verb

a ciura (third-person singular present ciurează, past participle ciurat) 1st conj.

1. (archaic) to sift (with a sieve), sieve, pass through a sieve

   Synonym: cerne

2. (archaic) to embroider

   Synonym: broda

Conjugation

    conjugation of ciura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a ciura
gerund			ciurând
past participle			ciurat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ciurez	ciurezi	ciurează	ciurăm	ciurați	ciurează
	imperfect	ciuram	ciurai	ciura	ciuram	ciurați	ciurau
	simple perfect	ciurai	ciurași	ciură	ciurarăm	ciurarăți	ciurară
	pluperfect	ciurasem	ciuraseși	ciurase	ciuraserăm	ciuraserăți	ciuraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ciurez	să ciurezi	să ciureze	să ciurăm	să ciurați	să ciureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		ciurează			ciurați
	negative		nu ciura			nu ciurați

Related terms

• ciurar
• ciurui