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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gȕsle/гу̏сле. Doublet of gusli.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡʊslə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]gusle (plural gusles)
- (music) A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.
- Synonym: lahuta
- 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 30:
- Songs of Brankovich's speed are sung to the strains of the gusle.
Hypernyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]single-stringed instrument
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1997. A History of European Folk Music. Jan Ling. Pg. 139.
Anagrams
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫsli.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gȕsle f pl (Cyrillic spelling гу̏сле)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gusle
plural | |
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nominative | gȕsle |
genitive | gȕsālā / gȕslī |
dative | guslama |
accusative | gusle |
vocative | gusle |
locative | guslama |
instrumental | guslama |
Derived terms
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