kurdebalans
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See also: kurde balans
Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from French cœur de balance, a corruption of French son cœur balance, intended as a minced oath for kurwa. Compare similarly derived kurdemol.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]kurdebalans
- (dated, mildly vulgar, minced oath, humorous) generic swear word; dagnabbit, son of a gun
- 1970, Andrzej Chciuk, Towarzysze z bezpieczénstwa: powieść, daj Boże, historyczna:
- Wołałem, kurdebalans, za wami, chciałem was zatrzymać, dusiłem guzik, ale winda nie przyjeżdżała.
- I called for you, dagnabbit, I wanted to stop you, I was pressing the button, but the elevator didn't come.
- 1989, Zbigniew Kosiorowski, Rozbitkowie: ocean czwarty i ostatni:
- Ani mi się śni, kurdebalans! Co to za metody ? – oburzył się Stary George.
- "No I don't have that dream, dagnabbit! What kind of methods are these?" Old George said getting angry.
- 2017 August 24, Patricia Briggs, Pocałunek żelaza: Seria z Mercedes Thompson #3 [Iron Kissed], Fabryka Słów Sp.zo.o., →ISBN:
- Popieprzsolić, kur-czysyn, napier-papier. Mój ojczym tak mówił, kiedy stałam gdzieś w okolicy. Najbardziej lubił „kurdebalans”. „Kurdebalans, Mercedes, gdyby głupota była lżejsza od powietrza, latałabyś jak gołębica”.
- “ChEEZ-zes crusty. Got Al-musty. Got DAMp on the StoneofapeaCH. My foster father used to say those around me all the time. He was an old-fashioned sort of wolf, too. He especially liked Stoneofapeach. ‘Stoneofapeach, Mercedes. You don't have the sense God gave little apples.’”
Noun
[edit]kurdebalans m pers
- (dated, mildly vulgar, derogatory, rare) son of a gun (contemptible person)
- 1975, Edward Stachura, “Kropka nad ypsylonem”, in Twórczość:
- […] , ty przykry typie, ty nygusie, ty bumelancie, ty akselbancie, ty kurdebalansie, […]
- […] you sorry sod, you layabout, you shirker, you jerk, you son of a gun, […]
- 2002, Irena Matuszkiewicz, Agencja Złamanych Serc:
- O pieniądzach na rozwój galerii, owszem, o hojnym mecenasie, owszem, ale przecież nie o takich dwóch „kurdebalansach”!
- About money for developing the gallery, of course, about a generous lawyer, of course, but of course not about two sons of guns!
Declension
[edit]Declension of kurdebalans
singular | plural | |
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nominative | kurdebalans | kurdebalansi/kurdebalanse |
genitive | kurdebalansa | kurdebalansów |
dative | kurdebalansowi | kurdebalansom |
accusative | kurdebalansa | kurdebalansów |
instrumental | kurdebalansem | kurdebalansami |
locative | kurdebalansie | kurdebalansach |
vocative | kurdebalansie | kurdebalansi/kurdebalanse |
Further reading
[edit]- kurdebalans in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kurdebalans in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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